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Article: Florida Inventor Develops Surgical Motor Seal
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- December 16, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- Stephen M. Bucina of Hobe Sound, Fla., has developed a seal for an attachment to surgical motor.
The patent has been assigned to The Anspach Effort Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal for an attachment to a surgical motor is provided by cutting threads into the inner surface of the nose cone of the attachment whereby the helical wound threads are in a direction opposite to the direction of the rotating shaft of the instrument being supported by the attachment. The motor can likewise by configured to define a seal where an attachment is not being utilized."
The inventor was issued ...