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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2007
Applicant:
Miro Mitusina, Ruskin, FL (US);
Inventor:
Miro Mitusina, Ruskin, FL (US);
Assignee:
B&M Precision, Inc., Ruskin, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A rotary surgical instrument includes an outer member having an aperture in a distal portion thereof, and an inner member for being rotatably disposed within the outer member to move a cutting element on the inner member past the aperture to cut anatomical tissue. The inner member has an aperture, and the cutting element comprises first and second rows of cutting teeth extending longitudinally along opposite sides of the inner member aperture. Each cutting tooth is convexly curved, the cutting teeth of one row curving in opposition to the cutting teeth of the other row. The rows of cutting teeth have their tips staggered.