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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2021
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
James Tyler Clevett, Bonita Springs, FL (US);
Nicholas Clement Mealey, Naples, FL (US);
Timothy J. Thompson, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Abstract
A guide apparatus for a surgical cutting tool includes a plurality of plates arranged in parallel with a guide plane. The plates form opposing bearing surfaces spaced apart over a clearance distance that defines an opening. A sheath includes a cylindrical portion that extends along a longitudinal axis and forms an interior passage extending through cylindrical portion along the longitudinal axis. The cylindrical portion of the sheath slidably engages the opening through the clearance distance, and the interior passage of the sheath receives a rotary cutting head of the surgical cutting tool in an operating configuration.