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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Brad Knisely, Warsaw, IN (US);
Tamela Garber, Milford, IN (US);
Inventors:
Brad Knisely, Warsaw, IN (US);
Tamela Garber, Milford, IN (US);
Assignee:
Symmetry Medical, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical rotary reamer including a shaft and a cutting head connected to the shaft. The cutting head has a plurality of cutting teeth. At least one cutting tooth has a forward portion, a rearward portion and a mid-portion therebetween. The forward portion has a first cutting edge that cuts in a first rotary direction. The rearward portion has a second cutting edge that cuts in the first rotary direction and/or a second rotary direction. The mid-portion interconnects the forward portion and the rearward portion and includes a recessed portion.