Patent ID: 7780669

Claim:
A surgical tool spindle for containing a drive shaft, the drive shaft being connectable to a rotary drive source and to a surgical rotary cutting tool, the tool handle comprising: a) a hollow elongated housing formed of at least two housing members, the housing members together having a drive end portion with a first axis and a front end portion with a second axis parallel to the first axis, the drive end portion and the front end portion of the housing members being connected by an offset and being separable from one another to provide for installing and removing a drive shaft from being housed therein, wherein the front end portion of the housing is adapted to mount a driven end attachment assembly of a drive shaft, and the drive end portion of the housing is adapted to mount a driving end attachment assembly of a drive shaft; and b) a capture mechanism adapted to receive and hold the housing member and a housed drive shaft together in an operative configuration.