Patent ID: 9408599
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A method for attaching a fixation device to a bone, the method comprising: bringing a bone cutting tool that extends along a longitudinal axis into engagement with an outer surface of the bone; rotating the bone cutting tool about the longitudinal axis while driving the bone cutting tool from the outer surface of the bone to a predetermined depth in the bone to form a bore; continuously rotating the bone cutting tool at the predetermined depth while maintaining the bone cutting tool in a substantially stationary position to establish an enlarged bone pocket at a distal end of the bore, the bone pocket defining a shoulder extending around a circumference between the bone pocket and the bore; removing the bone cutting tool from the bone pocket and the bore; inserting the fixation device into the bone pocket through the bore; and positioning the fixation device against the shoulder of the bone pocket.