SURGICAL DRILL, A SET OF SURGICAL DRILLS, A SYSTEM FOR CUTTING BONE AND A METHOD FOR REMOVING BONE
First Claim
1. A surgical drill including a drill member comprising a cutting section for cutting bone, said cutting section being situated at a distal end of the drill member, wherein the drill member comprises a non-cutting protection tip for protecting any of nerves, tissue and dura from being cut, the non-cutting protection tip being situated distally of the cutting section.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a surgical drill including a drill member having a cutting section for cutting bone, the cutting section being situated at a distal end of the drill member. The drill member also comprises a non-cutting protection tip for protecting nerves, tissue or dura from being cut. The non-cutting protection tip is situated distally of the cutting section.
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- 1. A surgical drill including a drill member comprising a cutting section for cutting bone, said cutting section being situated at a distal end of the drill member, wherein the drill member comprises a non-cutting protection tip for protecting any of nerves, tissue and dura from being cut, the non-cutting protection tip being situated distally of the cutting section.
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29. A surgical drill including a drill member comprising:
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a cutting section for cutting bone, said cutting section being situated at a distal end of the drill member; and
a non-cutting protection tip for protecting any of nerves, tissue and dura from being cut, said non-cutting protection tip being situated distally of the cutting section;
wherein said cutting section has a first outer diameter and said non-cutting protection tip has a second outer diameter smaller than said first outer diameter of said cutting section.
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30. A surgical drill including a drill member comprising:
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a cutting section for cutting bone, said cutting section being situated at a distal end of the drill member;
a non-cutting protection tip for protecting any of nerves, tissue and dura from being cut, said non-cutting protection tip being situated distally of the cutting section; and
a guide channel extending in the axial direction of the drill member such that a guide wire can be inserted into the guide channel through the drill member. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for removing bone comprising the acts of:
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introducing a pilot channel of a starting diameter into the bone;
advancing a surgical drill having a cutting member with a cutting diameter larger than the starting diameter through the pilot channel to create a channel, the surgical drill comprising a non-cutting protective tip at its distal end of a diameter equal to or smaller than that of the starting diameter of the pilot channel, said non-cutting protective tip being inserted into the pilot channel before the act of advancing;
advancing a sequence of surgical drills of increasing cutting diameters through the channel created by the respective foregoing surgical drill, wherein the diameters of the respective non-cutting protective tips are equal to or smaller than the cutting diameters of the respective foregoing surgical drill, and whereby the non-cutting protective tips are inserted into the channel created by the cutting section of the respective foregoing surgical drill. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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