Torque limiting device for surgical use

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A61B 17/88 (2006.01) B25B 23/14 (2006.01) F16D 7/08 (2006.01)

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CA 2408333

Torque-limiting device for surgical use, comprising: a rotatable housing (24); a base unit (3) engaged within the first end of said housing (24), and having an input stem (4) for engagement with a rotary device; an output shaft (13) extending through the second end of said housing (24), and having a flange (11) disposed about the shaft (13), whereby flange (11) and base unit (3) have adjacent faces; a plurality of recesses in the faces of the base unit (3) and the flange (11), the recesses being positionable for mutual alignment; a ball (16) located in and between each pair of the opposing recesses; and an elastic element (18) disposed about the output shaft (13) between the flange (11) and the second opposing end of the housing (24), the elastic element (18) exerting a force to maintain a drive connection between the balls (16) and the opposing faces, the drive connection being severed when the torque exerted on the balls (16) by the elastic element (24) is exceeded by the counter-torque exerted on the balls (16) by the flange (11).

L'invention concerne un dispositif permettant de limiter le couple à usage chirurgical, comprenant un logement (24) rotatif, une unité (3) de base montée dans la première extrémité dudit logement (24) possédant une tige (4) qui permet de relier un dispositif rotatif, un arbre (139) secondaire traversant la seconde extrémité dudit logement (24) et ayant une bride (11) située autour de l'arbre (13) de sortie, cette bride (11) et l'unité (3) de base possédant des faces adjacentes, une pluralité de cavités sur les faces de l'unité (3) de base et de la bride (11), ces cavités pouvant être positionnées pour former un alignement mutuel, une bille (16) située dans chaque paire et entre chaque pair de cavités opposées, un élément (18) élastique situé autour de l'arbre (13) de sortie, entre la bride (11) et la seconde extrémité opposée du logement (24), l'élément (18) élastique exerçant une force permettant de maintenir un assemblage d'entraînement entre les billes (16) et les faces opposées, l'assemblage d'entraînement étant rompue lorsque le couple exercé sur les billes (16) par l'élément (24) élastique est dépassé par le couple antagoniste exercé sur les billes (16) par la bride (11).

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