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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320032 (2013.01);
Abstract
A handheld rotary medical device with a shaver configured to remove cartilage is disclosed. The handheld rotary medical device may include an inner drive shaft, an elongated, tubular, outer housing encapsulating the inner drive shaft such that the inner drive shaft is positioned within the outer housing and a shaver at a distal end of the inner drive shaft. The shaver may include a plurality of teeth extending radially outward from an outer surface of the inner drive shaft. The medical device may include slots or grooves in the outer housing useful for cleaning the tissue from the teeth of the shaver.