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US 2006/0189994 A1Published application
Orthopaedic reamer driver for minimally invasive surgery
AssigneeSymmetry Medical, Inc.
InventorsTodd Wolford, Mark Nordman
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Abstract
An orthopaedic reamer assembly for minimally invasive surgery including a reamer and a driver. The driver includes a shaft with a distal end and a longitudinal axis; and a driver head connected to the distal end. The driver head is pivotable about an axis generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The reamer is connected to the driver head.
Claims8
1-18. (canceled)
A method of using an orthopaedic reamer assembly, comprising the steps of:
- connecting a reamer to a driver having a longitudinal axis;
- and
- rotating said reamer about an axis transverse to said longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.