Inventors:
Danny C. Riedel - Weatherford TX, US
Durrell G. Tidwell - Burleson TX, US
Bryan David Simmons - Flower Mound TX, US
Larry Dale Estes - North Richland Hills TX, US
Allen P. Hilton - Arlington TX, US
Rex Wesley Shores - The Colony TX, US
John K. Henderson - Flower Mound TX, US
James Q. Spitler - Cleburne TX, US
Michelle L. Walker - Lewisville TX, US
Dana A. Eskridge - Ojai CA, US
Dennis L. Foster - Ojai CA, US
Douglas W Haight - Camarillo CA, US
Laura A. Kriese - Ventura CA, US
Stephen G Savage - Oxnard CA, US
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc. - Minneapolis MN
International Classification:
A61B 17/00
Abstract:
A surgical instrument for the dissection of bone and other tissue includes a spindle, a dissection tool and a male member carried by the spindle. The spindle includes a cavity. The dissection tool is releasably received in the cavity. The dissection tool extends along an axis and includes a first end and a second end with the first end having a cutting element and a second end having a generally cylindrical cross-section and a centrally located aperture partially extending along the axis. The male member is carried by the spindle and extends into the aperture of the dissection tool.