Patent ID: 8323284

Claim:
An adapter for a crossbar surgical reamer comprising: a base having intersecting axially facing recesses at right angles with respect to one another and having semicircular floors on one end for receiving a pair of rods extending at a right angle with respect to one another (crossbar) style reamer; an interface having a center circular section and opposed radially extending tabs on the opposite end of said base for connection with a crossbridge style reamer driver; a pair of grips pivotaly mounted on said base for releasably holding a crossbar reamer in said recesses, wherein said grips have opposed projections on a far end with an inner concave surface for capturing and releasing said crossbar reamer, wherein said crossbar reamer is installed and removed in an axial direction and wherein said grips are pivotally mounted on said base for releasably holding said crossbar reamer; a radially extending bore in said base; a cross spring having opposed ends being received in said radially extending bore and being positioned horizontally in between a pair of opposed radial plugs so as to urge said plugs radially outward; said plugs being pivotally mounted to said grips at an opposite end to the far end of said grips for displacing said grips between the position of holding and releasing said crossbar reamer.