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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Cemal Shener-irmakoglu, Woburn, MA (US);
Rafal Z. Jezierski, Middleton, MA (US);
Brian Joseph Loreth, Braintree, MA (US);
Cemal Shener-Irmakoglu, Woburn, MA (US);
Rafal Z. Jezierski, Middleton, MA (US);
Brian Joseph Loreth, Braintree, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A medical device that includes an outer tube assembly that includes a straight outer tube, an inner tube assembly that includes a straight inner tube disposed within the outer tube, and at least one interference member on the outer tube assembly and at least one interference member on the inner tube assembly. The inner tube and the outer tube are configured to rotate relative to each other to resect tissue at a distal end of the inner and outer tubes. The interference members are configured to prevent a force exerted along a longitudinal axis of the inner tube from separating the inner and outer tubes without rendering the medical device unusable.