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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2013
Stryker Puerto Rico Limited, Arroyo, PR (US);
J. Brook Burley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeremy Graul, Elk Grove, CA (US);
Sudip Pandya, Fremont, CA (US);
James Flom, Redwood City, CA (US);
Andrew Lantz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Stryker Puerto Rico Limited, , PR (US);
Abstract
A flexible drill bit including a proximal shaft portion for connecting to a source of turning; a distal cutting tip portion for boring into a material; and an intermediate shaft portion extending between the proximal shaft portion and the distal cutting tip portion, the intermediate shaft portion being characterized by (i) sufficient longitudinal flexibility so as to permit the flexible drill bit to be passed along a curve, and (ii) sufficient torsional strength to permit the flexible drill bit to bore into the material.