CPC A61B 17/17 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1617 (2013.01); A61B 17/1675 (2013.01); A61B 17/1714 (2013.01); A61B 17/1764 (2013.01); A61B 17/16 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A kit including a guiding system and a bone material removal device, comprising:
a guiding cannula having a distal end, a proximal end, and an intermediate portion;
a connecting member comprising a tunnel, wherein said guiding cannula is axially moveable within said tunnel;
a guide arm having a base end and a terminal structure end, and attachable to said connecting member at said base end, wherein a location of said terminal structure end is adapted to generally align with a longitudinal axis of the distal end of said guiding cannula when said guide arm and said connecting member are attached and said guiding cannula is disposed within said tunnel; and
a bone material removal device axially displaceable within said guiding cannula, said bone material removal device comprising a longitudinal shaft having distal and proximal ends, said distal end comprising a cutting portion having a length greater than a diameter of said longitudinal shaft and pivotably attached to said longitudinal shaft, wherein said cutting portion has an initial longitudinal orientation and, in said initial longitudinal orientation, extends radially beyond any circumference of the longitudinal shaft.
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