Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Minimally invasive bone miller apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 微创骨磨机
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Application No.: US12241418Application Date: 2008-09-30
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Publication No.: US08167882B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Samuel G. Sackett , Brian P. Johnson , Samuel B. Owen , Larry G. McCleary
- Applicant: Samuel G. Sackett , Brian P. Johnson , Samuel B. Owen , Larry G. McCleary
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Depuy Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Depuy Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Main IPC: A61B17/16
- IPC: A61B17/16

Abstract:
A miller assembly for creating a cavity in a bone. The cavity has a cross section which has a generally triangular profile having a first side generally parallel with an axis of the bone and a second side forming an acute angle with the first side, and is contiguous with a pre-existing conical cavity in the bone. The miller assembly includes a cutter and a frame for carrying the cutter. The frame includes a connection portion having a longitudinal axis and a cutter mount for mounting the cutter at a first angle approximating the acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the connection portion. The cutter mount extends at the first angle from the longitudinal axis of the connection portion and is configured to receive a portion of the cutter and maintain the received cutter oriented at the first angle during rotation. The frame further includes a handle configured to form a portion of a drive joint for coupling the frame to a drill, the handle having a longitudinal axis. The longitudinal axis of the handle is coincident with the longitudinal axis of the frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100082031A1 MINIMALLY INVASIVE BONE MILLER APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-04-01
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