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SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR CUTTING CAVITIES IN INTRAMEDULLARY CANALS

  • US 20120179161A1
  • Filed: 07/23/2010
  • Published: 07/12/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical instrument for cutting a cavity in an intramedullary canal of a bone, the instrument comprising:

  • a shaft having a proximal end and a plurality of flexible cutting arms, and a distal nose section,the flexible cutting arms being formed from a shape memory material and defining a relaxed effective outer diameter that is greater than effective outer diameters of the shaft and the distal nose section, the flexible cutting arms being compressible radially to a compressed effective outer diameter about equal to or less than the effective outer diameters of the shaft and distal nose section.

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