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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2022
Applicant:
K2m, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr, Bloomingdale, NJ (US);
Oliver Buchert, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Larry Hazbun, Davie, FL (US);
Matthew J. Mcgirt, Charlotte, NC (US);
David Okonkwo, Wexford, PA (US);
Assignee:
K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/32 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1617 (2013.01); A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61B 17/3496 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/32 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical tool for use with a drill bit to prevent skiving at an implant insertion site on a bone includes a cannulated sleeve having a distal end defining a burr surface. The distal end may be detachable from a body of the cannulated sleeve. The tool may be used with more than one distal end, each of the distal ends defining a burr surface having a different cutting surface from the others. The tool may form a system that includes the drill bit.