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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2001
Helmut Heckele, Knittlingen, DE;
Eberhard Körner, Bretten, DE;
Richard Wolf GmbH, Knittlingen, DE;
Abstract
A cutter for removing tissue has a cutter head, a cutter shank which carries the cutter head and to which the cutter head is connected in a rotationally fixed manner, and a drive driving the cutter shank. For adjustability of the effectiveness of the cutter with the removal of cartilaginous or bony tissue parts, there is provided a first rotatable sleeve which comprises an inner bore arranged eccentrically to the middle axis of this sleeve, and a second stationary sleeve arranged in the inner bore of the first sleeve and which for passage of the cutter shank comprises an inner bore arranged eccentrically to the middle axis of the second sleeve.