Flexible cutting tool and methods for its use

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6068642
SERIAL NO

09142065

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A cable comprising helically wound superelastic fibers and having a drilling tip provided at its distal end is housed in an elongated holder through which the cable may be advanced, the holder having a distal end for supporting the cable during a drilling operation and through which the distal end of the cable may protrude. The holder includes contains a cable support shaped to bend the cable through a predetermined angle adjacent its distal end and to support the cable as it is rotated and advanced. A motor is attached to the cable remote from the distal end of the cable to rotate the cable in a direction tending to tighten the cable fibers.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • GUSTILO, RAMON B., M.D.;DISTALOCK, LLC;ORTHOAPEDIC INNOVATIONS, INC., A CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Johnson, Wesley D Menomonie, WI 38 4162
Peterson, Francis C Prescott, WI 91 3579
Stursa, Bruce Wayne Hudson, WI 2 459
Sutton, Gregg S Plymouth, MN 37 6398

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