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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charanpreet S. Bagga, Malvern, PA (US);
Eric Gray, Rockford, MN (US);
John E. Regan, Brentwood, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/702 ;
Abstract
An instrument for cutting and/or curetting during surgery is discosed. The instruments of the invention are particularly advantageous for use in removing disc material from an intervertebral disc space. In a preferred embodiment, rotation of the instrument around a longitudinal axis of the instrument provides for intermittently distracting vertebrae adjacent to the intervertebral disc space during rotation.