Patent ID: 8425516

Claim:
A bone sculpting apparatus comprising: at least one distraction element, the distraction element including an elongate body having first and second ends, a top face and a bottom face, at least one extendable body slidingly receivable in the top face, the extendable body having a first configuration and a second configuration, the second end of said elongate body including a receiving chamber therewithin; an adaptor including a first end received into the receiving chamber, a second threaded end, and an adaptor receiving channel disposed therewithin; a first bone sculpting tool having first and second ends, the first end including a barrel slidably received into the adaptor receiving channel, the barrel including a sculpting element releasably clamped therein; wherein the extendable body is further away from the bottom face in the second configuration than in the first configuration and the first bone sculpting tool is releasably fixed within said receiving channel and positioned at a predetermined distance from the bottom face; and further wherein movement of the extendable body from the first configuration to the second configuration is transverse to an axis of rotation of the sculpting tool.