US 12,478,385 B2
Orthopedic articulating instrument
Frankie L. Morris, Colleyville, TX (US)
Assigned to Bone Solutions, Inc., Colleyville, TX (US)
Filed by Bone Solutions, Inc., Colleyville, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/969,374.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/257,647, filed on Oct. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0122627 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1659 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1631 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthopedic instrument, comprising:
an elongated hollow shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
a rod having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the rod is positioned at least partially within a lumen of the elongated hollow shaft; and
a cutting head having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the cutting head is directly coupled to the distal end of the rod via a curved contact surface at the proximal end of the cutting head, wherein the cutting head is rotatably coupled to the distal end of the elongated hollow shaft at a pivot point between the proximal end of the cutting head and the distal end of the cutting head, and wherein a movement of the rod within the lumen of the elongated hollow shaft in a distal direction causes the rod to contact a portion of the curved contact surface of the cutting head to thereby cause the cutting head to transition from a straight configuration to an angled configuration wherein the portion of the curved contact surface is entirely positioned opposite the pivot point from the distal end of the cutting head.