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US 2014/0228849 A1Published application
Flip retrograde cutting instrument
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorsJerry Sterrett, David C. Koogle, JR., 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.
Claims9
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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.