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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2017
Stryker European Holdings I, Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr, Bloomingdale, NJ (US);
Paul R. Rochette, Stanhope, NJ (US);
Douglas G. Pedrick, Newburgh, NY (US);
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A debris collection device includes first and second members that are moveable relative to each other between first and second configurations. In the second configuration, the first and second members interface with each other and define a restraint opening that is configured to receive an elongate element, such as a spinal rod. The first and second members while in the second configuration define a guide opening that intersects the restraint opening. Such guide opening is configured to receive a cutting tool, such as a conical burr, drill bit, mill or saw. The first and second members have walls that, when in the second configuration, collectively define an interior space that has a volume sufficient to collect debris created by cutting the elongate element through the guide opening. Methods of utilizing the debris collection device allow for cutting of a spinal rod or the like in situ while capture debris caused by the cutting procedure.