Abstract: A bone core removing tool with a stainless steel cylinder having an internal bore extending along the cylindrical axis from an externally honed cutting edge for cutting a core of bone which is pushed into the bore as the tool is driven into a bone and a plurality of radially inwardly extending teeth within the bone adjacent the edge for preventing rotation of the core to permit removal of the core by rotating the tool to break the core at the cutting edge.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 18, 1982
Date of Patent:
March 17, 1987
Assignee:
Custom Medical Devices, Inc.
Inventors:
Robert J. Pegg, William L. Gaertner, Jr.