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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2017
Symmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Todd A. Wolford, Goshen, IN (US);
Mark A. Nordman, Burket, IN (US);
Arif H. Bin Jalalluddin, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
David J. Whitehead, Goshen, IN (US);
Symmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A driver for an orthopaedic reamer includes a drive shaft defining an axis of rotation; a reamer connector connected to the drive shaft and having at least one first annular portion about the axis of rotation and at least one second annular portion about the axis of rotation radially spaced from the at least first annular portion to define at least one holding recess therebetween; and a collar associated with the reamer connector and slidable in a direction of the axis of rotation between a first position and a second position, the collar being unaligned with the at least one holding recess circumferentially about the axis of rotation in the first position and, in the second position, being rotatably locked to the reamer connector and having a portion aligned with the at least one holding recess circumferentially about the axis of rotation.