US 11,752,615 B2
Coupler for blades and handles
Rachel Mann, Atlanta, GA (US); Sydney Platt, Brookhaven, GA (US); Bailey Klee, Denver, CO (US); and Nicholas Quoc Quan, Richmond Hill, GA (US)
Assigned to Creative Edge Medical, LLC, Homer Glen, IL (US)
Filed by Creative Edge Medical, LLC, Homer Glen, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/295,508.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/639,820, filed on Mar. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0275660 A1, Sep. 12, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 17/3213 (2006.01); B25G 3/18 (2006.01); B26B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3215 (2006.01); A61B 17/3217 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25G 3/18 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3213 (2013.01); A61B 17/3215 (2013.01); A61B 17/3217 (2013.01); B26B 5/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0801 (2016.02)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for coupling a blade and a handle and for decoupling a blade and a handle, the device comprising:
a housing, wherein the housing defines:
an interior chamber,
an exterior slot adjacent the interior chamber, wherein the exterior slot is dimensioned to pass the blade through the exterior slot, wherein the exterior slot is configured to receive a portion of the handle from an exterior of the housing into the interior chamber, and
a groove in the interior chamber, wherein the groove is configured to retain the blade in a ready configuration for coupling the blade to the handle; and
a pivot member secured within the interior chamber of the housing, wherein the pivot member is pivotable between an unlocked configuration and a locked configuration,
wherein the unlocked configuration of the pivot member is configured to allow the blade in the ready configuration to be coupled to the handle,
wherein the locked configuration of the pivot member is configured to lock the blade within the interior chamber, and
wherein the pivot member is disposed entirely within the interior chamber.