Patents Assigned to Sythes AG Chur
  • Patent number: 6783533
    Abstract: A device for expedited reaming of a medullary canal having a detachable reaming head is disclosed. The device includes a reamer head connected at the distal end of a rotatable drive shaft. The reamer head has a cutting head with a plurality of blades and flutes therebetween at a first end and a plurality of resilient arms at a second end. The device may also includes an aspiration tube which fits over the rotatable drive shaft and a reamer head retainer which rotatably engages the reamer head. In addition, the reamer head may be detached from the reamer device for future re-use by using a reamer head removing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Sythes AG Chur
    Inventors: James M. Green, Stanley J. Kmiec, Jr.