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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Applicants:
Christopher Rogers, Taunton, MA (US);
John Daniel Malone, Cumberland, RI (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Rogers, Taunton, MA (US);
John Daniel Malone, Cumberland, RI (US);
Assignee:
Depuy Acromed, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1716 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vertebral endplate chisel having upper and lower shaving portions, and a non-cutting guide integrally connected to and extending between the shaving portions and adapted to center the chisel within the disc space so that equal amounts of bone are removed from each endplate by the shaving portions as the chisel moves through the disc space.