Patent ID: 8523867

Claim:
An orthopaedic reamer for preparing a patient's bone, the orthopaedic reamer comprising: a shaft that is rotatable about a longitudinal axis; and a cutting head coupled to the shaft to transmit rotation of the shaft about the longitudinal axis to the cutting head, the cutting head comprising: an oblong body having a peripheral wall that defines an outer perimeter of the cutting head, a length of the oblong body exceeding a width of the oblong body, wherein the length and the width are measured perpendicular to each other and along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; a first blade that extends radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis toward the peripheral wall of the oblong body; and a second blade that extends radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis toward the peripheral wall of the oblong body in a direction transverse to the first blade.