Tool for cutting bone for surgical use
AssigneeRazor Medical Instruments, Inc.
InventorFarid Bruce Khalili
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Abstract
A device is provided, including a cutting rib, the cutting rib including an arcuate portion having an outer sharp edge and a centralizer configured to receive the cutting rib through a radial slot, the radial slot forming a gap with the cutting rib. The arcuate portion of the cutting rib is formed into a profile that follows a surface of the centralizer, the outer sharp edge of the arcuate portion of the cutting rib has a wavy profile that forms a tunnel in the gap between the centralizer and the cutting rib, and the outer sharp edge of the arcuate portion of the cutting rib protrudes outwardly from the surface of the centralizer. A method for using the device to cut bone in a surgical configuration is also provided.
Claims16
A device, comprising:
- a cutting rib, the cutting rib including an arcuate portion having an outer sharp edge;
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- a centralizer configured to receive the cutting rib through a radial slot, the radial slot forming a gap with the cutting rib, wherein:
- the arcuate portion of the cutting rib is formed into a profile that follows a surface of the centralizer,
- the outer sharp edge of the arcuate portion of the cutting rib has a wavy profile having angulated edges and alternating planar cutting surfaces that follow the surface of the centralizer and form a wavy radial rib including at least one tunnel in the gap between the centralizer and the cutting rib, and
- the outer sharp edge of the arcuate portion of the cutting rib protrudes outwardly from the surface of the centralizer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.