US 12,241,502 B2
Tool drive assembly
Zachary Robert Sweitzer, Keyport, NJ (US)
Assigned to Shukla Medical, St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Filed by Shukla Medical, St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/301,943.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/013,024, filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0324901 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01); B25B 23/00 (2006.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01); F16C 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 1/06 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1631 (2013.01); B25B 23/0021 (2013.01); B25F 5/026 (2013.01); B25B 23/0028 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool drive assembly comprising:
a flexible drive shaft that includes:
a proximal end structured to engage a driver for rotating the flexible drive shaft, and
a distal end opposite the proximal end; and
a guide comprising:
a handle,
a guide shaft extending from the handle, and
a hub assembly at a distal end of the guide shaft, the hub assembly including:
a housing,
a hub mounted within the housing, the hub having:
an input connection having a detent for releasably engaging the distal end of the flexible drive shaft, and
an output connection having a recess for engaging a working tool.