Patent ID: 8052690

Claim:
An orthopaedic reamer driver, comprising: a tubular housing including at least one first positioning feature; a drive shaft within said housing and having a drive end; a variable angle cap pivotally coupled with said housing adjacent said drive end, said variable angle cap including at least one leg extending along a side of said housing, each said leg having a second positioning feature selectively engaging and disengaging with a corresponding said first positioning feature at a selected one of a plurality of angular positions, each said second positioning feature maintaining said variable angle cap at said selected angular position when engaged with said corresponding first positioning feature, said first feature being constrained to engage and disengage said second feature in an axial direction relative to said tubular housing wherein said first positioning feature combines a V-shaped projection and said second positioning feature comprises a plurality of V-shaped recesses; a variable angle joint coupled to said drive end; and a reamer drive head coupled to said variable angle joint.