US 11,911,233 B2
Drill for surgical screw insertion with reoriented torque
Amit R. Patel, Lutherville-Timonium, MD (US); and A. Frederick Hess, Oviedo, FL (US)
Filed by Amit R. Patel, Lutherville-Timonium, MD (US); and A. Frederick Hess, Oviedo, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/183,944.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/981,490, filed on Feb. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0259803 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. A61C 3/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 3/02 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1624 (2013.01); A61B 17/7082 (2013.01); A61B 17/8875 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An instrument for rotatably driving a screw or drill bit into bone in surgery, comprising
a. a drive shaft having a rotational power source at a proximal end for applying a rotational force to the drive shaft and a gear housing at a distal end of the drive shaft;
b. wherein the distal end of the drive shaft is connected to a first bevel gear supported in the gear housing, such that a larger diameter of the first bevel gear is in a proximal orientation, such that rotation of the drive shaft causes the first bevel gear to rotate;
c. wherein the first bevel gear meshes with a second bevel gear having an axis of rotation at a 25°-55° angle to direct a torque from the second bevel gear at the 25°-55° angle along a first internal shaft, wherein the first internal shaft terminates at a first spur gear;
d. wherein the first spur gear meshes with a second spur gear, wherein the second spur gear drives a second internal shaft that is coupled to a head that rotatably drives a surgical screw or drill at a 115°-145° angle from the drive shaft.