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US 2009/0275950 A1Published application
Flip retrograde cutting instrument
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorsJerry Sterrett, David Koogle, Ronald C. Iannarone, Ricardo Albertorio
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Abstract
A flip retrograde cutting instrument and method of retrograde drilling using such an instrument. A method of forming a socket includes providing a flip retrograde cutter, inserting the cutter into a joint with a blade of the cutter in a straight position, pivoting the blade to a non-straight flip position, locking the blade in the flip position, and retrograde drilling a socket using the blade in the flip position.
Claims14
A flip retrograde cutter comprising:
- a cannulated elongated body having a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis, the body further comprising
- a shaft;
- a blade at a distal end of the shaft, the blade being securely engaged to the shaft and capable of movement from a first position generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the body to a second position which is not aligned with the longitudinal axis.
A method of socket formation comprising:
- providing a flip retrograde cutter, the flip retrograde cutter comprising
- a shaft having a longitudinal axis and a blade disposed at its distal end, the blade being securely engaged to the shaft and capable of movement from a straight position to a flip position and vice versa;
- articulating the blade from a position aligned with the longitudinal axis of the shaft to a position which is not aligned with the longitudinal axis of the shaft;
- and
- drilling a socket using the flip retrograde cutter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.