IP Library Granted Patent US 12,279,786
Granted Patent B2
US 12,279,786 · App. 17/413,320 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Retractable shaver bur

Inventors: John K. Sieh (Safety Harbor, FL); Ronald D. Woodring (Dunedin, FL); Steven T. Helak (Tampa, FL); John F. Collins (Tampa, FL)
Assignee: Conmed Corporation
A61B17/32002A61B17/1604A61B2017/00876A61B2017/320028
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,279,786
App. No.
17/413,320
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shaver bur for resecting bone inside the joint in arthroscopic procedures. The shaver bur includes an inner assembly having an inner hub with an inner tube extending distally therefrom. The inner tube terminates in a distal bur tip. The shaver bur also includes an outer assembly having an outer hub with an outer tube extending distally therefrom. The inner tube is moveable within the outer tube between a retracted position and an extended position. The shaver bur additionally includes a deployment mechanism connected to the outer hub. The deployment mechanism is movable in a first direction and a second direction. Moving the deployment mechanism in the first direction moves the inner tube to the extended position and moving the deployment mechanism in the second direction moves the inner tube to the retracted position.

Claims (13)

1. A shaver bur, comprising:

an inner assembly having an inner hub with an inner tube extending distally therefrom, the inner tube terminating in a distal bur tip;

an outer assembly having an outer hub with an outer tube extending distally therefrom;

wherein the inner tube is moveable within the outer tube between a retracted position and an extended position;

a magnet retainer connected between the inner hub and the outer hub;

a deployment mechanism connected to the outer hub, the deployment mechanism movable in a first direction and a second direction;

wherein moving the deployment mechanism in the first direction moves the inner tube to the extended position and moving the deployment mechanism in the second direction moves the inner tube to the retracted position; and

wherein moving the deployment mechanism in the second direction moves the deployment mechanism against the magnet retainer.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising one or more slots extending at least partially through the outer hub.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising one or more stems extending from the magnet retainer.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein each of the one or more stems extends through one of the one or more slots in the outer hub.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the deployment mechanism abuts the one or more stems of the magnet retainer.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the deployment mechanism is a disk rotatable in the first direction and the second direction.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2025
From: CONMED CORPORATION; BIOREZ, INC.; BUFFALO FILTER LLC; IN2BONES USA, LLC; LINVATEC CORPORATION; SURGIQUEST, INC.; VIKING SYSTEMS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 072097/0762 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2021
From: SIEH, JOHN K.; WOODRING, RONALD D.; HELAK, STEVEN T.; COLLINS, JOHN F.
To: CONMED CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056515/0797 →