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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 02, 2012
Chris Chamberlin, Austin, TX (US);
Eric K. Diehl, Austin, TX (US);
John Bernero, Round Rock, TX (US);
Vincent Lam, Austin, TX (US);
Austin Orand, Austin, TX (US);
Chris Chamberlin, Austin, TX (US);
Eric K. Diehl, Austin, TX (US);
John Bernero, Round Rock, TX (US);
Vincent Lam, Austin, TX (US);
Austin Orand, Austin, TX (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for cleaning bone that includes a base unit with a motor, a cleaning head () with a brush () and mill head with a mill element. Both the cleaning head and the mill head are designed to be coupled to the base unit. Both the brush and mill element have features that facilitate their coupling to the motor. When the cleaning head is attached to the base unit, a motor in the base unit rotates the brush to clean the bone. When the mill head is attached to the vase unit, the base unit motor actuates the mill element to convert the cleaned bone into bone chips.