Patent ID: 7598696

Claim:
A surgical apparatus comprising: a control assembly comprising a housing and a lever pivotally mounted to an external portion of the housing, the housing of the control assembly comprising a first electrical connector adjacent a first end portion and a second electrical connector adjacent a second end portion, the housing further comprising a sensing element for monitoring a relative distance between the lever and the sensing element and emitting a signal representative of the relative distance between the lever and the sensing element; a handpiece detachably, electrically coupled to the first electrical connector of the control assembly and detachably, mechanically coupled to the first end portion of the control assembly, the handpiece comprising an electrically operated motor and a surgical tool driven by the electrically operated; a cable assembly detachably, electrically coupled to the second electrical connector of the control assembly and detachably, mechanically coupled to the second end portion of the control assembly; and a console electrically coupled with the cable assembly, the console transmitting a drive signal to the electrically operated motor of the handpiece based on the signal representative of the distance between the lever and the sensing element received from the sensing element of the control assembly, the drive signal controlling a speed of the electrically operated motor.