Patent ID: 6106536
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A surgical reamer, intended in particular for the shaping of the cotyloid cavity in the event of a replacement of a hip joint by total prosthesis, in the form of a hollow body of rotation equipped with fixing means (3, 4) for attachment to a reamer spindle in order to be driven in rotation, wherein the hollow body (1; 13) is supported by a bar (2; 14) whose axis coincides at least approximately with the axis of rotation of the reamer, the hollow body extends essentially on one side of a plane containing the axis of said bar, and at least part of the length of its rim forms a cutting edge (5; 17) wherein the rim of the hollow body (1) possesses at least on reference mark (6,7) for monitoring the reamer penetration into the bone cavity.