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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
May. 26, 2004
Gerould W. Norman, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Dale E. Slenker, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Kenneth M. Adams, Jacksonville, FL (US);
John T. Cleveland, Bryceville, FL (US);
Gerould W. Norman, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Dale E. Slenker, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Kenneth M. Adams, Jacksonville, FL (US);
John T. Cleveland, Bryceville, FL (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
A surgical cutting instrument including a first elongated member, a second tubular member, a handpiece, a first hub, a second hub, and an actuator assembly. The first tubular member has cutting tip and is co-axially disposed within the second tubular member such that the cutting tip is exposed at a cutting window. The first hub is mounted to the first tubular member and is moveably coupled to the handpiece. The second hub is mounted to the second tubular member and defines a hub axis. The actuator assembly rotatably couples the second hub to the handpiece and includes an actuator. Movement of the actuator is translated to rotational movement of the second hub so as to effectuate spatial rotation of the cutting window. In this regard, the actuator movement is not co-axial with the hub axis.