Cutting accessory for a powered surgical handpiece, the cutting accessory including features to facilitate the alignment of the accessory with the handpiece, hold the accessory to the handpiece, facilitate the transfer of torque to the accessory and reduce the wobble of the accessory
A surgical handpiece with a rotating spindle for receiving the coupling head of a surgical attachment or a cutting accessory. A gear train has plural drive heads that simultaneously rotate at different speeds. A clutch assembly has pins that move along the length of the spindle. The clutch assembly sets the position of the pins so they will engage one of the drive heads. The spindle rotates with the drive head with which the clutch pins are engaged.