A - Human Necessities – 61 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
B
A61B 17/16 (2006.01) A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2499437
A tunnel notcher and guidewire delivery device is provided for creating a notch and positioning a guidewire within a bone tunnel. In general, the device includes an elongate member having proximal and distal ends with an inner lumen extending therebetween that is adapted to receive a guidewire. The device also includes a cutting element disposed on a distal portion of the elongate member that is adapted to remove bone within an opening of a bone tunnel. In use, the device 10 can be at least partially positioned within a bone tunnel containing a bone plug, and it can be manipulated to form a notch within or adjacent to an opening of the bone tunnel using the cutting element 18. The device 10 is also effective to deliver a guidewire 16 to the bone tunnel at a location adjacent to the notch.
Breech Robert K. II
Wenstrom Richard F. Jr.
Depuy Mitek Inc.
Ogilvy Renault Llp/s.e.n.c.r.l.,s.r.l.
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