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US 7,842,058 B2Granted
Manipulation and cutting system and method
AssigneeFlex Partners, Inc.
InventorsPhilip J. Simpson, David G. Matsuura, Walter Dean Gillespie
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Abstract
A system for rapid manipulation and cutting that includes a housing, a first cutting element, and a drive mechanism adapted to be mounted at least partly within the housing and connected to the first cutting element for imparting relative motion to the first cutting element as a combination of slicing and downward forces at the portion of the first cutting element which is adapted to contact the tissue.
Claims24
A system for rapid manipulation and cutting comprising:
- a housing,
- a bearing block attached to an end of the housing,
- a first cutting element, the first cutting element being an eccentric disc rotatably connected to the bearing block by an axle, wherein the first cutting element is configured to rotate eccentrically, and
- a drive mechanism adapted to be mounted at least partly within the housing and operatively connected to the first cutting element for providing torque about the axle of the first cutting element,
- wherein the first cutting element, the axle, the housing and the bearing block are configured such that a cutting edge of the disc is exposed beyond the end of the bearing block distal to the housing for only a part of the eccentric rotation, and the cutting element is exposed beyond the housing for the part of the eccentric rotation.
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