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Cannulated headed reamer

Granted 8 Apr 1997 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Arthrex Inc. · originally Arthrex

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Inventors: Donald K. Shuler · Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas · AU 294 · TC 2900

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filed 7 Mar 1994
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US D378780
granted 8 Apr 1997

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a cannulated headed reamer showing my new design, the cannula is shown broken in the center and at the end for ease of illustration;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side fragmentary view of the head portion of the cannulated headed reamer;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the cannlated headed reamer;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the cannulated headed reamer;

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of the cannulated headed reamer rotated 180° from the view shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the cannulated headed reamer along its length.

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D24/146

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