Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical cutting devices and methods
- Patent Title (中): 手术切割装置及方法
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Application No.: US13690776Application Date: 2012-11-30
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Publication No.: US08876827B2Publication Date: 2014-11-04
- Inventor: Jude L. Sasing , Joseph A. Garcia , Roberto R. Fresnido , Ramon B. Gustilo
- Applicant: DGIMED Ortho, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minnetonka
- Assignee: DGIMED Ortho, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DGIMED Ortho, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minnetonka
- Agency: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
- Agent Barbara A. Wrigley
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00 ; A61C1/18 ; A61B17/16 ; A61B17/17
Abstract:
The present invention provides surgical drilling devices and methods. An exemplary surgical drilling device in accordance with the present invention comprises a housing, a retractable guide tube assembly, and a flexible cable drill. The retractable guide tube assembly includes an arcuate guide tube having a first portion that is slidingly positioned in an arcuate portion of the housing. A second portion comprising an actuating tube is slidingly positioned in a linear portion of the housing. The arcuate guide tube is controllably advancable from the housing and retractable into the housing. The flexible cable drill comprises a first portion slidingly positioned in the arcuate guide tube and a second portion slidingly positioned in the actuating tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130090659A1 SURGICAL CUTTING DEVICES AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2013-04-11
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