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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2023
Stryker European Operations Holdings Llc, Portage, MI (US);
Damian Michael Curtin, Kerry, IE;
Patrick Eoin Cushen, Cork, IE;
Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
A cutting assembly configured to be removably coupled to a drive assembly of a surgical instrument. An inner tube is coaxially and rotatably disposed within an outer tube and defines a lumen in communication with a cutting window. A projection is disposed within the lumen of the inner tube. The projection may include a distal first portion displaced radially inward relative to an interior surface of the inner tube, and a proximal second portion angled relative to the distal first portion. A distance between a proximal boundary of the cutting window and a nearest point on the projection may be less than a diameter of the lumen. An inner surface of the projection permits cutting action to continue until the material is sufficiently reduced to pass between a proximal boundary of the cutting window and the insert. The projection may be formed by an insert secured within the inner tube.