Patent ID: 7473254

Claim:
A rotary surgical reamer assembly for removing bone and tissue from a bone joint to facilitate the installation of a prosthetic device, the assembly comprising a rotatable reamer body connected to a drive shaft, wherein the reamer body is pivotably adjustable with respect to the drive shaft from an insertion position to a cutting position, the insertion position of which having a smaller static insertion profile than the cutting position in order to minimize trauma of a patient upon insertion through an incision and/or through soft tissue wherein the reamer body has an opening and a base portion including a first link member, a wall with a surface defining a central cavity, and a plurality of spaced apart cutting sites defining apertures through the wall, wherein the shaft of the reamer assembly has a rotary axis and a second link member adapted for coupling with the first link member with the axis forming an angle to the base portion, and wherein the assembly further has a mechanism for adjusting the angle to the base portion of the hollow reamer body from an un-deployed position to a deployed position.