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US 2024/0252184 A1Published application
Reamer
AssigneeAnika Therapeutics, Inc.
InventorSteven W. Ek
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Abstract
Described herein are reverse shoulder devices and related systems, methods, and kits useful in orthopedic surgery. In some embodiments, a reamer is described having a handle, a shank and a cutting body. In some embodiments, the cutting body has a threaded region and a tapered cutting region. In some embodiments, the cutting body is configured to compact bone particles against the inner surface of a bone bore while reaming the bone.
Claims20
A reamer for performing an orthopedic surgery on a subject, the reamer comprising:
- a handle configured to be gripped by a user;
- and
- a cutting body coupled to the handle and comprising
- i) a threaded region configured to compact bone particles within a bone bore, and
- ii) a tapered region configured to cut a bore into bone.
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A method of forming a bore in a bone;
- the method comprising:
- reaming a portion of the bone to form the bore within the bone;
- compacting a plurality of bone particles against an inner surface of the bore by rotating a cutting body comprising a threaded region and a tapered region, wherein the threaded region comprises one or more threads configured to compact the plurality of bone particles about the inner surface of the bone bore;
- and
- removing the cutting body from the bone bore.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.