Arthroscopic shaver handpiece with modular attachments
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1. A method of performing an arthroscopic surgical procedure comprising the steps of:
- providing a vacuum enabled arthroscopic shaver handpiece, a shaver blade and a modular attachment comprising a drill chuck;
attaching the shaver blade to the handpiece and using the handpiece to run the shaver blade during a first predetermined portion of the surgical procedure;
replacing the shaver blade with the modular attachment comprising the drill chuck by removing the shaver blade from the handpiece and attaching the modular attachment to the handpiece;
using the handpiece to run the modular attachment during a second predetermined portion of the surgical procedure.
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Abstract
An apparatus, system and method are presented by which certain surgical procedures normally done by powered surgical handpieces may be accomplished by powered arthroscopic handpieces, thus obviating the need to use powered surgical handpieces.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of performing an arthroscopic surgical procedure comprising the steps of:
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providing a vacuum enabled arthroscopic shaver handpiece, a shaver blade and a modular attachment comprising a drill chuck; attaching the shaver blade to the handpiece and using the handpiece to run the shaver blade during a first predetermined portion of the surgical procedure; replacing the shaver blade with the modular attachment comprising the drill chuck by removing the shaver blade from the handpiece and attaching the modular attachment to the handpiece; using the handpiece to run the modular attachment during a second predetermined portion of the surgical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of performing an arthroscopic surgical procedure comprising the steps of:
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providing a vacuum enabled arthroscopic shaver handpiece; providing a shaver blade, attaching the shaver blade to the handpiece and using the handpiece to run the shaver blade during a predetermined portion of the surgical procedure; removing the shaver blade from the handpiece; providing a transverse attachment; attaching the transverse attachment to the handpiece; providing a modular attachment comprising a drill chuck; attaching the modular attachment to the transverse attachment to run the modular attachment at a working axis that is 90 degrees from a longitudinal axis of said handpiece during a predetermined portion of the surgical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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