Patent ID: 9649124
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. An improved curved blade shaver assembly comprising: a hollow outer shaft having a substantially straight distal end separated from a substantially straight proximal end by an angled region; a rotatable inner instrument received by said hollow outer shaft and having an inner distal end separated from an inner proximal end by a flexible region adapted for reciprocal movement along said angled region; said distal end presenting a carrier and a window, said carrier housing said inner distal end during placement at a surgical site said window presenting a shaving means for debriding tissue at the surgical site whereby said debrided tissue travels along a central lumen extending along said inner instrument between a handpiece and said inner distal end; a portal on the angled region of the hollow outer shaft, spaced from said carrier and opposite said window; and a rigid instrument extending along said outer shaft and through said portal.