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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
Danny C. Riedel, Weatherford, TX (US);
Durrell G. Tidwell, Burleson, TX (US);
Bryan David Simmons, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Larry Dale Estes, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Allen P. Hilton, Arlington, TX (US);
Rex Wesley Shores, The Colony, TX (US);
John K. Henderson, Flower Mound, TX (US);
James Q. Spitler, Cleburne, TX (US);
Michelle L. Walker, Lewisville, TX (US);
Danny C. Riedel, Weatherford, TX (US);
Durrell G. Tidwell, Burleson, TX (US);
Bryan David Simmons, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Larry Dale Estes, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Allen P. Hilton, Arlington, TX (US);
Rex Wesley Shores, The Colony, TX (US);
John K. Henderson, Flower Mound, TX (US);
James Q. Spitler, Cleburne, TX (US);
Michelle L. Walker, Lewisville, TX (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument for the dissection of bone and other tissue includes a spindle, a dissection tool and a male member carried by the spindle. The spindle includes a cavity. The dissection tool is releasably received in the cavity. The dissection tool extends along an axis and includes a first end and a second end with the first end having a cutting element and a second end having a generally cylindrical cross-section and a centrally located aperture partially extending along the axis. The male member is carried by the spindle and extends into the aperture of the dissection tool. The cavity may define a drive portion and a tool receiving aperture. One or more alignment projections may extend from the drive portion into the tool receiving aperture.