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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Kenneth M. Adams, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Gary Peters, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth M. Adams, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Gary Peters, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical elongate blade assembly with an interchangeable inner member such that the interchangeable inner member can be removed from a tubular outer member and inserted into another tubular outer member having a different configuration during a surgical procedure. The outer members and inner members can be provided as a kit. In one embodiment the outer member has a distal end and a tubular wall with the inner diameter of the tubular wall being greater than the inner diameter of the distal end.