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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark B Lester, Warsaw, IN (US);
Milton F Barnes, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 79 ; 606 80 ; 606 99 ; 623 23 ;
Abstract
A surgical reamer assembly for cutting a planar bone surface. The surgical reamer assembly enables the angle or the level of the cutting of the planar reamer to be adjusted. This adjustment is advantageously provided by the use of an adaptor which is positioned between the base support and the planar reamer.