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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Inventor:
Jerry Sterrett, Naples, FL (US);
Assignee:
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 1/317 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1617 (2013.01); A61B 1/317 (2013.01); A61B 17/1635 (2013.01); A61B 17/1662 (2013.01); A61B 17/1675 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 17/3472 (2013.01); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02);
Abstract
A flip cutter and drill instrument and method of antegrade drilling and retrograde cutting using such an instrument. The flip cutter and drill instrument is provided with a drill which has a multi-blade configuration and which engages an inner tube or inner member of the instrument to articulate between at least a first 'straight' position (for example, about parallel to the longitudinal axis of the instrument) when the instrument is in the drilling mode, and at least a second 'flip' position (for example, a non-parallel position relative to the longitudinal axis of the instrument) when the instrument is in the cutting mode.