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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:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
James M. Green, Portland, OR (US);
Stanley J. Kmiec, Jr., Coopersburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Sythes AG Chur, Chur, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/716 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/716 ;
Abstract
A device for expedited reaming of a medullary canal having a detachable reaming head is disclosed. The device includes a reamer head connected at the distal end of a rotatable drive shaft. The reamer head has a cutting head with a plurality of blades and flutes therebetween at a first end and a plurality of resilient arms at a second end. The device may also includes an aspiration tube which fits over the rotatable drive shaft and a reamer head retainer which rotatably engages the reamer head. In addition, the reamer head may be detached from the reamer device for future re-use by using a reamer head removing device.
Published as:
US2003097133A1; CA2466784A1; CA2776259A1; WO03045257A2; WO03045257A3; MXPA04004794A; EP1448106A2; US6783533B2; AR037582A1; CN1585623A; JP2005510284A; BR0214361A; CN1271973C; JP4299668B2; EP1448106B1; ATE548979T1; CA2466784C; BR0214361B1; CA2776259C; BRPI0214361B8;