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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052696 | Suture tensioning device A suture tensioning apparatus for tightening the suture used to tie a tissue of a patient to the bone of the patient so that the tissue will cinch to the bone. A lever is mounted on a stub shaft that is supported to a base member and is movable in a lateral position... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7621730 | Surgical pneumatic motor A modular constructed surgical motor with an outer cylindrical case used as the handle, and a spaced inner motor case resiliently mounted thereto forms an air gap for reducing vibrations and heat, a separate module houses the chuck, a ball coupling made from an elas... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7458979 | Internal tip seal for attachment/motor for surgical instruments A seal for an attachment to a surgical motor is provided by cutting threads into the inner surface of the nose cone of the attachment whereby the helical wound threads are in a direction opposite to the direction of the rotating shaft of the instrument being support... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7357619 | Cross over flow diverter for noise reduction A cris-cross pattern of flow channels serves to divide the flow of fluid and then cross the flow to cause an impact between the flow in each channel to impact against each other to reduce the decibels and noise level created by the flowing of the fluid. In a pneumat... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7261526 | Cylinder for a vane motor A cylinder to a vane motor is designed to include cylindrically shaped inlet and outlet holes, an axial passage that includes a blocked upstream portion that bypasses the upstream inlet holes, spaced circumferentially slots for leading a portion of the pressurized a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255546 | Spindle for a vane motor The spindle of a vane motor is designed to enhance the power, speed and torque by undercutting the spindle adjacent to the vanes on the power stroke side to increase the working area of the vanes and by adding slots intermediate the vane formed in said spindle and e... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7217090 | Seals A seal for a rotating machine is designed to be operable when set and cured in situ and one seal arrangement includes a washer having a beveled face and a nut having a beveled face axially spaced therefrom and mounted in a housing, the one seal arrangement is mounte... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7144415 | Anchor/suture used for medical procedures For suture tying in a medical procedure including the use of an anchor that includes a suture locking device that includes a sliding pin guided by axial side slots formed in the locking device that forces the suture where the two ends thereof are inserted into the i... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128544 | Crescent seal for the cylinder of a vane motor A vane motor is modified to increase the sealing effectiveness of the gap made at the interface of the spindle and cylinder by undercutting the cylinder a predetermined amount and distance so as to increase the effectiveness of the spindle to cylinder gap and to dec... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6969368 | Suction and directional irrigation apparatus A hand-held directional irrigation tube and a suction tube surgical instrument includes a finger or thumb operated aperture on the suction tube communicating with the lumen thereof that serves to selectively by-pass and connect the suction pump with the surgical sit... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6749341 | Ball bearing A ball bearing construction including a plurality of balls supported in a cage and each ball within a row is off-set relative to each other. In certain applications the rolling surface of the balls bear against the rotating shaft and the case enclosing the bearing. ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6746153 | Bearings for surgical instruments A journal bearing for a high speed surgical drill and/or attachment for rotatably supporting a cutter is made from a polymer of polyimide resin and graphite material and is designed to have a polygon configured bore where there are two point contact of the mating su... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6733218 | High speed surgical instrument A high speed surgical instrument is designed with a clutch that automatically locks a cutter which is easily assembled and disassembled without moving parts. The clutch includes a pin and U-shaped pin that compliments a configured groove section at the proximal end ... | 05/11/2004 |
