Oscillating bone chipper

• US 8,167,883 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2009
• Issued: 05/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Joint Innovation Technology, LLC
• Original Assignee: Zafer Termanini
• Inventors: Termanini, Zafer
• Primary Examiner(s): Barrett, Thomas C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Waggle, Jr., Larry E.
• Application Number:
  US12/383,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20100241125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• Field of Search: 606 79- 84, 606/86.R, 606 87- 88, 606167-180, 30 437- 438, 30208-209, 83490-491, 835/92, 83610-612
• US Class Current: 606/83
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/00234 for minimally invasive surgery A61B17/0218, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1675 for the knee
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1764 for the knee
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2217/005 with suction drainage system

Abstract

Improved method for removing large amount of bone and articulate surface including cartilage comprising a bone chipper, which can be adapted for usage with any large articular surface or bony structure through a small incision using minimally invasive surgical approach. The inventive device includes an oscillating chipper tip having a series of metallic blades with sharp cutting edges vertically situated and attached to a metallic circular platform. Said platform is situated at the distal end of shank blade. The circular platform and cutting blade will oscillate horizontally driven by the reciprocating eccentric cam with his attached proximally to a reciprocating central shaft. Each of the vertical blades has two sharp vertical cutting edges. The blade shank contains a suction channel, which allows of the removal of bone particles and tissue debris generated by the cutting process. The electromagnetic driver comprises three or four electromagnetic coils placed in a collinear fashion and in series. The coils being separated by magnetic Neodymium wafers firmly attached to the reciprocating central shaft which actually move back and forth driven by the electromagnetic coils as they receive alternating current from a frequency modulator external power supply unit. A railing in the form of an inverted T located at the bottom of the electromagnet driver and used to guide the movement of the driver when said guide slides into corresponding T grooves located on the femoral and tibial templates which are positioned adjacent to the tibial and femoral bones and firmly secured by two or more large guide wires inserted through the templates and into the bone.

Claims

1. A device for chipping bone and articular cartilage through a small incision using minimally invasive surgical approach comprising:

a chipper tip having a metallic circular platform to which a plurality of trapezoidal cutting blades are firmly attached at the periphery of said metallic circular platform whereby said cutting blades stand perpendicular to said metallic circular platform;

a suction channel for removal of bone particles and debris;

an electromagnetic reciprocating driver, attached to said chipping tip by way of a quick coupling mechanism wherein said electromagnetic driver is housed in a hollow casting body having a solidary rail at its bottom in a form of inverted T;

a femoral and a tibial cutting guide for precision guiding of said electromagnetic driver during bone chipping;

a series of three or more electromagnetic coils having a hollow center;

a series of Neodymium magnets in a form of wafers located between said electromagnet coils;

a reciprocating shaft centrally located and firmly connected at its periphery to said Neodymium wafers;

a flattened blade shank having a tongue;

a central shaft connected by way of quick connect to said reciprocating shaft located in said flattened blade shank; and

a suction channel located within the body of the driver connected by way of quick connect to the suction channel of the blade shank.

2. The device in claim 1, further comprising:

a flat removable covering disk for removal of entrapped chipping debris.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the said femoral cutting guide comprises a polygonal body positioned and firmly secured against a femoral bone by two or more large guide wires passing through said guide into said femoral bone.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the said femoral cutting guides comprises T grooves to slidably accept inverted T shaped rails running longitudinally along the bottom of said hollow casting body whereby movement of said hollow casting body is thereby guided during the bone chipping process.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein said tibial cutting guide comprises a template having a polygonal body positioned and firmly secured against a tibial bone by two or more large pins or guide wires passing through said templates and driven into the lateral aspect of the tibial bone.

6. The device in claim 1, wherein said tibial cutting guides comprises T grooves to slidably accept inverted T shaped rails running longitudinally along the bottom of said hollow casting body whereby movement of said hollow casting body is thereby guided during the bone chipping process.