Cutting edges for reamers and a method for making same
US6730094B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 14, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B17/1677
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A new and improved reamer having a plurality of openings therein. Each of the openings have a periphery and a cutting edge selected from the periphery. Each of the cutting edges are bound by opposite portions of the periphery. The opposite portions are extended past the cutting edge in a direction opposite of the direction transverse of the cutting edge whereby the cutting edge may be shaped as desired independently of the shape of the periphery.
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