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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
Bernard J. Bourque, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Wei LI Fan, Malden, MA (US);
Rebecca Ann Blough, West Warwick, RI (US);
Ben Kim Graf, Madison, WI (US);
William R. Davis, Hingham, MA (US);
Bernard J. Bourque, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Wei Li Fan, Malden, MA (US);
Rebecca Ann Blough, West Warwick, RI (US);
Ben Kim Graf, Madison, WI (US);
William R. Davis, Hingham, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to medical apparatuses and procedures for reconstructing a ligament. There is provided a trephine () comprising an adaptor (), an elongate reamer () coupled thereto, and a reamer support stem (), wherein the reamer support stem is mounted concentrically within the reamer and adaptor, and whereinat least a portion of the reamer support stem is slidably moveable about a longitudinal axis of the trephine.