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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2004
Applicant:
Reese Myers, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventor:
Reese Myers, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Symmetry Medical, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An orthopaedic reamer including an at least partially hemispherical cutting head which is rotatable about a primary axis and at least one deployable wing connected to the cutting head. Each of the deployable wings are pivotable about a corresponding secondary axis. At least one corresponding secondary axis is in the same plane as the primary axis.