Abstract: In a chuck for medical applications, including a housing having a passage extending axially therethrough with clamping elements movable supported in the housing together with a drive structure for moving the clamping element into and out of a clamping position for the engagement and release of a rotating tool, a space is provided around the drive structure for moving the clamping elements and flushing passages are provided for flushing out the space around the drive structure and, in the process, cleaning all the components of the chuck.

Abstract: A chuck for driving drill bits an the like having shafts of hardened steel is provided with clamping jaws which at least at their clamping surfaces have a coating of diamond dust, so that they will have a resistance to abrasion that is greater than that of hardened steel. The diamond dust can embed itself in the clamping jaws. The entire chuck jaw may be made with a material having that property or one or more clamping parts of the jaw may be made of such a material, or the coating may be provided on a part of the chuck jaw or on the clamping parts.