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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1996
Barry J Kauker, Soquel, CA (US);
Alex L Lim, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A powered rotatable surgical tissue working tool for chucking in a powered rotating surgical handpiece includes a tubular elongate outer member having a distal tip portion angled off the central axis of the proximal portion of such tubular outer member, by reason of a angled portion therebetween. A rotatable elongate inner member extends coaxially and rotatably within the tubular outer member and has a rotatably drivable proximal portion, a distal tip portion for tissue working interaction with the distal tip portion of the outer member, and a flexibly bendable portion therebetween rotatably housed within the angled portion of the outer member. A suction passage communicates between the distal tip portions thereof and the handpiece for permitting suction withdrawal of flowable materials from a surgical site axially through such suction passage and to a suction source. An annular space is maintained between the flexible portion of the inner member and the angled portion of the outer member despite rotation of the inner member.