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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2005
Applicants:
Cameron N. Mcpherson, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Larry D. Estes, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Scott A. Singer, Watauga, TX (US);
Inventors:
Cameron N. McPherson, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Larry D. Estes, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Scott A. Singer, Watauga, TX (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic PS Medical, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bone morselization apparatus and method according to which a cutter bit is mounted to a casing containing a motor; and the casing is manually grasped and positioned over a plurality of bone segments. When the motor is activated, the cutter bit reciprocates and the bone segments are impacted by the cutter bit to morselize the segments.
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