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US 8,876,827 · App. 13/690,776 · Granted Nov 4, 2014

Surgical cutting devices and methods

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Patent No.
US 8,876,827
App. No.
13/690,776
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides surgical drilling devices and methods. An exemplary surgical drilling device in accordance with the present invention comprises a housing, a retractable guide tube assembly, and a flexible cable drill. The retractable guide tube assembly includes an arcuate guide tube having a first portion that is slidingly positioned in an arcuate portion of the housing. A second portion comprising an actuating tube is slidingly positioned in a linear portion of the housing. The arcuate guide tube is controllably advancable from the housing and retractable into the housing. The flexible cable drill comprises a first portion slidingly positioned in the arcuate guide tube and a second portion slidingly positioned in the actuating tube.

Claims (8)

1. A surgical drilling device comprising:

a housing comprising an internal channel having a first arcuate portion and a second linear portion;

a retractable guide tube assembly comprising an arcuate guide tube having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion slidingly positioned in the arcuate portion of the channel of the housing, the second portion comprising an actuating tube slidingly positioned in the linear portion of the channel of the housing, wherein the arcuate guide tube is controllably advanceable from the housing and retractable into the housing; and

a flexible cable drill having a cutting end and having a first portion slidingly positioned in the arcuate guide tube and a second portion slidingly positioned in the actuating tube.

2. The surgical drilling device of claim 1 wherein said arcuate guide tube comprises a superelastic material.

3. The surgical drilling device of claim 1 wherein said arcuate guide tube comprises stainless steel.

4. The surgical drilling device of claim 1 , wherein the cutting end of the cable drill comprises a trocar tip.

5. The surgical drilling device of claim 1 , wherein the cutting end of the cable drill comprises a chisel tip.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2016
From: DGIMED ORTHO, INC.
To: GUSTILO, RAMON B., DR.
Reel/Frame 040189/0085 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2016
From: GUSTILO, RAMON B., DR.
To: DISTALOCK, LLC
Reel/Frame 040189/0248 →
AMENDED AND RESTATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 9, 2014
From: DGIMED ORTHO, INC.
To: BREDENBERG, GORDON J.; BVM MEDICAL LTD.; CAMPBELL, BRUCE F.; DBJ 2001 HOLDINGS, LLC; DAVID B. JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION; DONALD A. JOHNSON TRUST UAD OCTOBER 3, 2002; OELKERS, SCOTT K.; THE CREDIT SHELTER TRUST OF ROBERT J. BECKER AS AMENDED AND RESTATED 2/3/88; MARVIN L. DYRSTAD REVOCABLE TRUST; DAN W. GLADNEY REVOCABLE TRUST UAD 3/16/2010; THE YOUNGSTROM FAMILY TRUST DTD. 7/7/97; EUGENE R. WRIGHT LIVING TRUST; GUSTAFSON, GREGORY D.; NEXUS DIRECT IRA, LLC FBO BRUCE MACHMEIER; MACHMEIER, BRUCE A.; ARVIDSON, CURT E.; PALM, SCOTT R.; JOHNSON, TODD C.; VELURE, JTWROS, JOHN; VELURE, JTWROS, JILL; JOHN NICHOLAS DUNNE TRUST UAD 3/12/08; ROBERTS, STEVEN D.; STEVEN D. ROBERTS REVOCABLE TRUST UAD 11/7/96; GARTH, JTWROS, MARK A.; GARTH, JTWROS, PAULA J.; GRAHAM, JTWROS, GARY L.; GRAHAM, JTWROS, LOIS A.; ANDCOR COMPANIES, INC.; KENNY, MICHAEL F.; MCMAHAN, JTWROS, MARK A.; MCMAHAN, JTWROS, JOANNE L.; CLARK, JTWROS, RONALD E.; CLARK, JTWROS, SANDRA L.; GLADNEY, DAN W.
Reel/Frame 033698/0892 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CORRESPONDENT NAME TO CORRECTLY READ AS: "BARBARA A. WRIGLEY" PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 032634 FRAME 0533. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE FORMER CORRESPONDENT NAME OF "BARBARA A. GUSTILO" IS LISTED IN ERROR. Recorded Aug 13, 2014
From: SASING, JUDE L.; GARCIA, JOSEPH A.; FRESNIDO, ROBERTO R.; GUSTILO, RAMON B.
To: ORTHOPAEDIC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 033531/0534 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2014
From: SASING, JUDE L.; GARCIA, JOSEPH A.; FRESNIDO, ROBERTO R.; GUSTILO, RAMON B.
To: ORTHOPAEDIC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 032634/0533 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2014
From: ORTHOPAEDIC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: GUSTILO, RAMON B.
Reel/Frame 032634/0689 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2014
From: GUSTILO, RAMON B.
To: DGIMED ORTHO, INC.
Reel/Frame 032634/0785 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2014
From: DGIMED ORTHO, INC.
To: BREDENBERG, GORDON J.; BVM MEDICAL LTD.; CAMPBELL, BRUCE F.; DBJ 2001 HOLDINGS, LLC; JOHNSON, DAVID B. FAMLY FOUNDATION; JOHNSON, DONALD A. TRUST UAD OCTOBER 3, 2002; OELKERS, SCOTT K.; THE CREDIT SHELTER TRUST OF ROBERT J. BECKER, AS AMENDED AND RESTATED 2/3/88; MARVIN L. DYSTAD REVOCABLE TRUST; DAN W. GLADNEY REVOCABLE TRUST UAD 3/16/2010; THE YOUNGSTROM FAMILY TRUST DTD. 7/7/97; EUGENE R. WRIGHT LIVING TRUST; GUSTAFSON, GREGORY D.; NEXUS DIRECT IRA, LLC FBO BRUCE MACHMEIER; MACHMEIER, BRUCE A.
Reel/Frame 032627/0623 →