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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2016
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Andrew Rolfe Hopkins, Winterthur, CH;
Philippe Favre, Zurich, CH;
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A reamer operably connected to a movable drive element by a translation assembly such that the movement of the movable drive element rotates the reamer. The reamer can be sized such that the reamer can be navigated through or around soft tissue to position the reamer adjacent the defect region and angled to align the reamer with a reamer axis perpendicular to the plane of the defect region. The translation assembly can be configured to translate rotation of the movable drive element to the reamer through an opening through or around the soft tissue. The translation assembly can permit axial reaming of the defect region when the perpendicular axis is obscured by soft tissue.