Surgical reamer device and method of using same

A reamer device for removing tissue from a patient, comprising:

• a shaft;
• a cutting head coupled with the shaft, the cutting head having at least four cutting blades;
• and
• a depth limiting element having a distal surface configured to contact a surface of the patient's tissue to limit a depth into the patient's tissue that the at least four cutting blades can advance to;
• wherein:
• the depth limiting element extends radially outwardly of the at least four cutting blades so that the depth limiting element is configured to contact a surface of the patient's tissue adjacent to a cutout created by the at least four cutting blades;
• the cutting head comprises a first type of cutting blade and a second type of cutting blade, wherein the first type of cutting blade is different than a second type of cutting blade;
• and
• at least one of the cutting blades has a cutting surface that is concavely curved along a length of the at least one of the cutting blades.