Patent · US Expired

Reaming tool for reaming bone canals

US6416517B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

7Claims

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Assignee

Stryker Trauma GmbH · CH

Inventors

Hans E. Harder · Probsteierhagen, DE
Seyed-Mehdi Mousavi · Wien, AT
Vilmos Vecsei · Wien, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 4, 1998
Grant date	Jul 9, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 4, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T408/9097
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A reaming tool for reaming bone canals with a drill head which is mounted on an elongate flexible shaft which has a diameter smaller than that of the drill head and be which can be connected to a rotary drive motor, wherein the drill head and shank comprise a through-bore for a guiding wire wherein the shaft at least over a part of its length is spiraled in a thread-like manner.

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