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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2003
Applicant:
Paul E. Salyer, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventor:
Paul E. Salyer, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Symmetry Medical, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An orthopaedic reamer for cutting bone includes a rotatable shaft and a cutting head coupled with the shaft. The cutting head includes a distal face with a radius and a plurality of cutting teeth. Each cutting tooth includes a pair of opposed side walls extending from the distal face and a cutting edge extending between the side walls. Each cutting edge includes at least three adjoining segments. Each segment has a radius which is less than the radius of the distal face.