Patent ID: 11950787
Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A surgical method, comprising:
drilling a first opening in a first target site of a patient using a drilling tip of a cutting instrument, the cutting instrument having a cutting blade in a retracted position;
setting a deployment diameter limit of the cutting blade of the cutting instrument to one of a plurality of fully-deployed positions, the cutting blade having a pre-set diameter that is associated with each of the fully-deployed positions, the cutting blade being configured to cut a second opening at each of the fully-deployed positions;
deploying the cutting blade to the deployment diameter limit, at least a portion of the cutting blade protruding from the cutting instrument after being deployed; and
cutting a second opening in a second target site in the patient, the opening having a second diameter which is greater than the first diameter.