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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2022
Medtronic Xomed, Llc, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Bo D. Turano, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Erik Papenfuss, Naples, FL (US);
Medtronic Xomed LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A device for removing tissue or bone includes a housing having an outer tube defining an inner lip. A middle tube is supported within the outer tube and includes an opening having teeth at a distal end thereof and a shoulder defined around an outer surface thereof proximate the opening. An inner tube is disposed within the middle tube and includes an opening having teeth at a distal end thereof in registration with the opening in the middle tube. The inner tube couples to a power source and rotates relative to the middle tube such that the teeth cooperate to cut tissue or bone disposed in a cutting window between the openings. A bushing is disposed atop the middle tube against the shoulder, such that, upon assembly, the bushing seats between the shoulder of the middle tube and the inner lip of the outer tube to provide stability therebetween.