Patent ID: 9332995
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A bone-shaving tool, which tool comprises: a proximal shank portion configured to be attached to a handle or to a power tool; a blade portion configured to shave bone from a patient which extends from said shank portion to a distal end; said blade portion comprising a body that includes a central window that extends upward upwardly and outwardly from a substantially planar lower surface at the bottom of the body, said central window being generally aligned with a longitudinal centerline extending between said proximal shank portion and said distal end; said window being formed with a pair of substantially parallel elongated side edges which lie at said planar lower surface and form two facing shaving edges; and said blade portion is formed of two mirror-image halves which flank said longitudinal centerline; and wherein an upper portion of the central window of the body of the blade portion has both inner and outer smooth and generally oval surfaces around the circumference of the upper central window area, and a lower portion of the central window which is open at the bottom surface of the body of the blade portion also has an inner smooth and generally oval surface around the circumference of the lower central window area.