Patent ID: 7935125

Claim:
A device for preparing a femoral canal of a patient during surgery comprising: a handle comprising a distal portion, a transition portion, and a proximal portion; wherein said distal portion is adapted to attach to an implement, the implement comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion; wherein said proximal portion of the device has a first longitudinal axis; wherein said distal portion of the implement has a second longitudinal axis; wherein said transition portion has a third longitudinal axis and extends from the distal portion of the handle to the proximal portion of the handle so that the first longitudinal axis of the proximal portion of the handle is substantially parallel to the second longitudinal axis of the distal portion of the implement, and the third longitudinal axis of the transition portion is angled relative to the first longitudinal axis of the proximal portion in both a posterior direction and a lateral direction; wherein the handle comprises a dual offset including a first compound bend between the transition portion and the proximal portion, wherein when following the direction from the transition portion to the proximal portion the first compound bend includes a bend in the posterior direction and a bend in the lateral direction, and wherein the first compound bend is less than 90 degrees; and wherein the implement has a non-circular cross section with a major dimension and a perpendicular minor dimension, the major and minor dimensions extending perpendicular to the second longitudinal axis, wherein no plane through the implement containing the major dimension and the second longitudinal axis is coplanar with a single plane through the proximal portion and the distal portion containing both first and second longitudinal axes.