Surgical broach

Details Surgical broach Surgical broach

1996-02-09

1997-09-09

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 79, A61B 1788

Patent

active

056650914

ABSTRACT:
An improved surgical broach for preparing an intramedullary canal of a bone for receiving a prosthesis is described, wherein the broach comprises a plurality of cutting teeth having different configurations and placement upon the broach for optimizing cutting efficiency and speed for improved surgical ease-of-use while minimizing gap formation between the prosthesis and the intramedullary canal.

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