Patent ID: 6250858
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: A61B,B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool driver for connecting to a rotary tool having a back hole comprising a shaft having opposite ends and a longitudinal axis, a boss secured to said shaft at one of said ends by which said tool driver is connected to a rotary tool, a tool collet secured to said shaft at the other of said ends by which said tool driver is connected to a surgical hand piece, said boss having a distal end surface extending transversely of said axis and an exterior boss surface extending axially of said shaft, a flange between said boss and said shaft, said flange extending radially of said shaft outwardly a distance greater than said boss and having a flange surface facing in the same direction as said distal end surface, said boss being shaped and sized to be complementary to said back hole of a rotary tool, and a latch for holding said rotary tool onto said tool driver against said flange surface with said boss in said back hole thereof, whereby rotary tools of all sizes each are removably securable to said tool driver coaxially of said shaft.