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Ultrasonic tool

  • US 5,318,570 A
  • Filed: 06/11/1991
  • Issued: 06/07/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medical apparatus, comprising:

  • an ultrasonic transducer; and

    an ultrasonic energy-activated tool coupled to said ultrasonic transducer for conducting a medical procedure under ultrasonic energy, said tool comprising;

    an operating tip on the distal end of the tool; and

    a male connector component on the proximal end of said tool for coupling said tool to said ultrasonic transducer, said male connector component comprising;

    a shank barrel configured to engage a correspondingly shaped recess defined by a female connector component; and

    a stud member having a tip barrel and an interrupted threaded portion, said threads interrupted by a pair of diametrically opposed longitudinal flats, said threaded portion disposed between said shank barrel and said tip barrel, said tip barrel being configured to engage a correspondingly shaped recess defined by the female connector component, said shank barrel and said tip barrel being concentrically positioned about a longitudinal axis of said stud member to concentrically position the male connector component with the female connector component when engaged.

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