Tool for bone implant

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11426181-B2
Application number	US-202117165037-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2021
Priority date	Nov 4, 2020
Publication date	Aug 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022

Abstract

A tool for a bone implant includes a sleeve and a transmission rod including a transmission member disposed on an end of a shaft. Another end of the shaft is located outside of the sleeve. The transmission member is received in the sleeve and includes a first compartment and a plurality of first teeth surrounding the first compartment. A drilling rod includes a second compartment and a plurality of second teeth surrounding the second compartment. A coupling portion is disposed between the second compartment and a bit. The coupling portion is coupled with the sleeve. The bit is located outside of the sleeve. Two magnets are disposed in the first and second compartments, respectively. Two same poles respectively of the two magnets face each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tool for a bone implant, comprising:
a sleeve;
a transmission rod including a shaft and a transmission member disposed on an end of the shaft, wherein another end of the shaft is located outside of the sleeve, wherein the transmission member is received in the sleeve and includes a first compartment and a plurality of first teeth surrounding the first compartment;
a drilling rod including a second compartment and a plurality of second teeth surrounding the second compartment, wherein a coupling portion is disposed between the second compartment and a bit, wherein the coupling portion is coupled with the sleeve, and wherein the bit is located outside of the sleeve; and
two magnets disposed in the first compartment and the second compartment, respectively, wherein two same poles respectively of the two magnets face each other,
wherein when the bit abuts against a bone, the plurality of second teeth meshes with the plurality of first teeth, such that the drilling rod is driven by the transmission rod to rotate jointly for drilling the bone until the bone is drilled through, and wherein a repulsive force between the two magnets disengages the plurality of second teeth from the plurality of first teeth when the bone is drilled through.

2. The tool for the bone implant as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one stabilizing member disposed in the sleeve, wherein the shaft of the transmission rod extends through the at least one stabilizing member, wherein an outer periphery of the at least one stabilizing member is closer to an inner periphery of the sleeve than a portion of the transmission rod with a maximum width in the sleeve.

3. The tool for the bone implant as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one stabilizing member includes an inner race, an outer race, and a plurality of rolling members between the inner race and the outer race, and wherein the outer race is coupled to the inner periphery of the sleeve by loose fitting.

4. The tool for the bone implant as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the outer race does not contact with any component received in the sleeve except for the plurality of rolling members.

5. The tool for the bone implant as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a limiting ring coupled to the shaft of the transmission rod, wherein the transmission rod includes an abutting shoulder received in the sleeve, and wherein the at least one stabilizing member is disposed between the limiting ring and the abutting shoulder.

6. The tool for the bone implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second teeth meshes with the plurality of first teeth by linear contact.

7. The tool for the bone implant as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first teeth and the plurality of second teeth has gradually reducing widths from a bottom thereof towards a free end thereof.

8. The tool for the bone implant as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a cooling member including a jacket having an inner periphery abutting an outer periphery of the sleeve, wherein the cooling member further includes a heat pipe disposed between the inner periphery of the jacket and an outer periphery of the jacket, and wherein the heat pipe provides a vacuum environment and is filled with a phase-changing fluid.

9. The tool for the bone implant as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the heat pipe includes two helical tubes intercommunicating with each other.

Assignees

• Metal Ind Res & Dev Ct

Inventors

• Tsai Tung-Lin
• Tseng Chun-Chieh
• Wang Yue-Jun
• Chen Chun-Ming
• Weng Li-Wen
• Wang Pei-Hua

Classifications

• A61B17/1631 Primary

  Special drive shafts, e.g. flexible shafts (A61B17/1642, A61B17/164 take precedence) · CPC title

• A61B17/162

  Chucks or tool parts which are to be held in a chuck · CPC title

• A61B17/1633

  Sleeves, i.e. non-rotating parts surrounding the bit shaft, e.g. the sleeve forming a single unit with the bit shaft (A61B17/1644 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B2017/00876

  magnetic · CPC title

• A61B17/1615

  Drill bits, i.e. rotating tools extending from a handpiece to contact the worked material · CPC title