CA2667981A1 - Retrograde excision system and apparatus - Google Patents

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CA2667981A1
CA2667981A1 CA002667981A CA2667981A CA2667981A1 CA 2667981 A1 CA2667981 A1 CA 2667981A1 CA 002667981 A CA002667981 A CA 002667981A CA 2667981 A CA2667981 A CA 2667981A CA 2667981 A1 CA2667981 A1 CA 2667981A1
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Abstract

A method for excising a portion of an articular surface using a retrograde procedure. An access tunnel is provided extending through a bone and to the articular surface. A central shaft is inserted through the access tunnel to the articular surface and a cutter is coupled to the central shaft. The cutter is coupled to the central shaft to allow the cutter to rotate with the central and to allow the cutter to be tiltable relative to the central shaft. The cutter is rotated and a retrograde force is applied to the cutter to urge the cutter into the articular surface.

Description

RETROGRADE EXCISION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Serial No.

11/326,133, filed on January 5, 2006, which claims the Benefit of U.S.
provisional patent application Serial No. 60/641,552, filed January 5, 2005, and which is itself a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Serial No. 11/209,170, filed August 22, 2005, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Serial No. 60/603,473, filed August 20, 2004, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Serial No.
11/169,326, filed June 28, 2005, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Serial No. 60/583,549, filed June 28, 2004, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Serial No. 10/994,453, filed November 22, 2004, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Serial No. 60/523,810, filed November 20, 2003. Each of the above-listed applications is incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

FIELD
The present disclosure relates to a system and apparatus for excising an articular surface, and more particularly relates to a cutter system and method of use.

BACKGROUND
Articular cartilage, found at the ends of articulating bone in the body, is typically composed of hyaline cartilage, which has many unique properties that allow it to function effectively as a smooth and lubricious load-bearing surface. However, when injured, hyaline cartilage cells are not typically replaced by new hyaline cartilage cells.
Healing is dependent upon the occurrence of bleeding from the underlying bone and formation of scar or reparative cartilage called fibrocartilage. While similar, fibrocartilage does not possess the same unique aspects of native hyaline cartilage and tends to be far less durable.

Hyaline cartilage problems, particularly in knee and hip joints, are generally caused by disease such as occurs with rheumatoid arthritis or wear and tear (osteoarthritis). Hyaline cartilage problems may also be the result of an injury, either acute (sudden) or recurrent and chronic (ongoing). Such cartilage disease or deterioration can compromise the articular surface causing pain and further deterioration of joint function. As a result, various methods have been developed to treat and repair damaged or destroyed articular cartilage.
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Features and advantages of the present invention are set forth by description of embodiments consistent therewith, which description should be considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of an excision tool consistent with the present disclosure in an uncoupled condition;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation view of a portion of the excision tool shown in FIG. 1 in a coupled condition;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the implementation of an embodiment of an excision system consistent with the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an excision system consistent with the present disclosure disposed to excise a portion of an articular surface;
FIG. 5 is a side elevation view of the excision system depicted in FIG. 4 showing an orientation of the excision system;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of an excision system consistent with the present disclosure disposed to excise a portion of an articular surface;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of an excision system consistent with the present disclosure after excising a portion of an articular surface; and FIG. 8 is an exploded view of another embodiment of an excision tool consistent with the present disclosure.

DESCRIPTION
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, an embodiment of an excision tool 10 is shown.
Generally, the excision tool 10 may include a central shaft 10 and a cutter 14. According to one aspect, the central shaft 12 and the cutter 14 may be configured to allow the cutter 14 to be coupled to the central shaft 12 in such a manner that the cutter 14 may be rotated by the central shaft 12. In addition to being coupled to permit the cutter 14 to be rotated by the central shaft 12, the cutter 14 may be coupled to the central shaft 12 in a manner to permit the cutter 14 to tilt and/or assume an angular relationship relative to the central shaft 12. The cutter 14 may be configured to allow the cutter to tilt relative to the central shaft 12 during rotation of the cutter 14 by the central shaft 12.

Consistent with the illustrated excision tool 10, the central shaft 12 may be configured as a longitudinal member. For example, the central shaft 12 may be configured as a generally cylindrical rod. The cutter 14 may also generally be provided as a longitudinal member having at least one cutting and/or scraping edge 16. Consistent with the illustrated embodiment, the cutter 14 may be provided having tapered ends 18, 20.

In the illustrated embodiment, the cutter 14 may include a ball 22 or rounded featured disposed between the ends 18, 20 of the cutter 14. The ball 22 may be sized to be received in an opening 24 in the central shaft 12. The central shaft 12 may include an internal passage 26 extending from the opening 24. The internal passage 26 may extend toward an end 28 of the central shaft 12, as shown, in an embodiment configured for retrograde application. According to such a configuration, the cutter 14 may be inserted through the opening 24 in the central shaft 12 to position the ball 22 generally within the central shaft 12. The cutter 14 may then be translated toward the end 28 of the central shaft 12, engaging the ball 22 in the internal passage 26 of the central shaft 12 and engaging the cutter 14 in a slot 30 through the central shaft 12 extending from the opening 24.

In a related embodiment, which may be suitable for use in an end-on application, the internal passage and the slot through the central shaft may extend away from the end of the central shaft. In such an embodiment, the cutter may be inserted through the opening in the central shaft and translated away from the end of the central shaft. Similar to the illustrated embodiment, translation of the cutter relative to the central shaft may engage the ball in the internal passage of the central shaft and engage the cutter in the slot of the central shaft.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the ball 22 is engaged in the internal passage 26 and the cutter 14 is received through the slot 30, the cutter 14 may tilt relative to the axis of the central shaft 12.
Accordingly, the cutter 14 may achieve a tilt angle A relative to the central shaft 12. The angular range of movement achievable by the cutter 14 relative to the central shaft 12 may be a function of a variety of design considerations, such as ball diameter, cutter size, relief features in the cutter and/or the central shaft, etc. Additionally, when the ball 22 is engaged in the internal passage 26 of the central shaft 12, the cutter may resist separation from the central shaft 12.

In an embodiment, the internal passage 26 of the central shaft may be formed by providing a hole extending from the opening 24 toward the end 28 of the central shaft 12, with the hole being sized to receive the ball 22 in order to permit the ball 22, and cutter 14 therewith, to translate toward the end 28 of the central shaft. In one such embodiment, the hole may be formed by drilling inwardly from the end 28 of the central shaft 12 toward the opening 24. The hole may then be closed adjacent the end 28 of the central shaft, as with a plug, end cap, etc.

Consistent with the illustrated embodiment, the cutter 14 may be releasably coupled to the central shaft 12. Additionally, while the interaction of the ball 22 and the internal passage may allow the cutter 14 to tilt relative to the central shaft 12, the interaction of the cutter 14 and the slot 30 may restrict independent rotation of the cutter 14 about the axis of the central shaft 12. As such, the cutter 14 may be rotated about the axis of the central shaft 12 by rotating the central shaft 12.

In general, the excision tool according to the present disclosure may include a cutter that may be rotated and that may tilt relative to the axis of rotation. As in the illustrated embodiment, the cutter may be coupled to a shaft which may rotate the cutter. The cutter may tilt relative to the axis of rotation, i.e., relative to the axis of the shaft which may rotate the cutter. Desirably, the cutter may be configured so that the angle of the cutter relative to the axis of rotation may vary and/or be varied while the cutter is being rotated. Furthermore, consistent with the present disclosure, the angle of the cutter relative to the axis of shaft may vary and/or be varied during each revolution of the cutter. Accordingly, the cutter may be pivotally coupled relative to the shaft and may be generally torsionally rigid relative to the shaft.
Referring to FIGS. 3 through 7, an excision tool consistent with the present disclosure may be employed to create an excision site in an articular surface 100 of a joint, and/or in the bone underlying the articular surface. For the convenience of description, as used herein an excision site in an articular surface contemplates an excision site created by the removal of at least a portion of an articular surface and may further contemplate the removal of bone underlying the articular surface. According to various embodiments, an excision site created using an excision tool consistent with the present disclosure may be employed for a variety of purposes. For example, the excision site may be created to remove a damaged and/or diseased portion of an articular surface. Additionally and/or alternatively an excision site may be created to provide an implant site for replacing at least a portion of the articular surface 100.
According to one aspect, an excision tool consistent with the present disclosure may be used in connection with a retrograde access procedure to provide an excision site in the articular surface from an access point behind the articular surface. Generally, a retrograde procedure may include locating a portion of an articular surface that is to be excised. An access tunnel may be formed in a bone behind the articular surface and the access tunnel may extend toward the articular surface. According to various embodiments, such a retrograde procedure may include providing an axis extending through the bone and the portion of the articular surface to be excised. The access tunnel may be drilled through the bone along the axis and toward the articular surface. In some embodiments, a stop sleeve may be installed in the bone behind the articular surface. The stop sleeve may include a threaded member having a passage therethrough. The stop sleeve may be threadably engaged with the bone, allowing the stop sleeve the be screwed into, and out of, the bone, respectively toward and away from the articular surface. The passage through the stop sleeve may provide a passage toward the articular surface and may define an axis relative to the articular surface. Additionally, in some embodiments, the passage of the stop sleeve may be employed as a bushing, e.g., for supporting rotating tools extending through the passage. Examples of suitable retrograde procedures are generally described in U.S. patent application Serial No. 11/169,326, filed June 28, 2005, and U.S. patent application Serial No. 10/994,453, filed November 22, 2004, and U.S. patent application Serial No. 60/641,552, filed January 5, 2005, the entire disclosures of all of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Referring to FIG. 3, a stop sleeve 104 is shown installed in a bone 102 with a distal end 106 of the stop sleeve 104 generally tangential and/or flush with the articular surface 100.

Consistent with the present disclosure, the stop sleeve 104 may be installed at various heights relative to the articular surface, including protruding above and/or recessed below the articular surface 100, as well as flush with the articular surface 100, as shown.
Positioning of the distal end 106 of the stop sleeve 104 relative to the articular surface 100 may include visual inspection of the stop sleeve 104 relative to the articular surface 100. Additionally, and/or alternatively, the position of the stop sleeve 104 may be evaluated using a variety of test equipment, including feelers, radiographic imaging, etc.

The central shaft 12 of the excision tool may be inserted at least partially through the stop sleeve 104, e.g., to expose at least a portion of the opening 24 of the central shaft 12 above the distal end 104 of the stop sleeve 104. As indicated by the arrow, with at least a portion of the opening 24 exposed above the stop sleeve 104, the cutter 14 may be inserted into the opening 24 and the ball 22 of the cutter 14 may be engaged in the slot 26 of the central shaft 12, e.g., by moving the cutter 14 distally relative to the central shaft 12 and/or by withdrawing the central shaft 12 away from the articular surface 100. Consistent with the foregoing, the central shaft 12 and cutter 14 may be coupled to one another to provide the assembled excision tool 10 with the cutter 14 positioned on, and/or adjacent to, the articular surface 100, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6.

Referring to FIG. 5, consistent with the present disclosure, the cutter 14 may be coupled to the central shaft 12 within a relatively small clearance above the articular surface 100. For example, according to one embodiment, the central shaft 12 and the cutter 14 may be coupled to one another within a clearance C in a range of about 4-5 mm above the articular surface 100.
The relatively small clearance C above the articular surface 100 required for assembling the central shaft 12 and the cutter 14 may allow an excision tool consistent with the present disclosure to be used to create an excision site in the articular surface without dislocating the joint including the articular surface 100 and, thereby, avoiding the associated trauma of a dislocation of the joint. In this manner, according to one aspect, an excision tool consistent with the present disclosure may not only allow an excision of the articular surface without requiring direct access to the face of the articular surface, but may additionally minimize the invasiveness of the procedure by requiring minimal separation between the articular surface and adjacent features. According to alternative embodiments, however, greater clearances between the articular surface and surrounding features may be employed. Such alternative embodiments may include the dislocation and/or separation of a joint including the articular surface.

Turning to FIG. 7, with the central shaft 12 and the cutter 14 assembled to one another, an excision site 108 may be created extending inwardly from the articular surface 100. The excision site 108 may be created by rotating the cutter 14, e.g., by rotationally driving the central shaft 12, and applying a retrograde force to the cutter 14. The central shaft 12 may be rotationally driven either manually or using a drive motor, such a as a drill.
As discussed above, the interaction of the cutter 14 and the central shaft 12 may allow the cutter 14 to be rotated by rotationally driving the central shaft 12. In an embodiment utilizing a stop sleeve 104, the central shaft 12 may be rotated within the stop sleeve 104. In such an embodiment, the stop sleeve 104 may function as a bushing and guide the rotation of the central shaft 102. In alternative embodiments, the central shaft may be disposed in the access tunnel through the bone without the use of a stop sleeve. Consistent with such an embodiment, rotation of the central shaft may be guided by the access tunnel and/or by the orientation of the drive motor, etc.
The retrograde force applied to the cutter 14 may urge the cutter 14 into the articular surface 100. As the cutter 14 is urged into the articular surface 100, the cutting and/or scraping edge 16 of the cutter 14 may engaged the articular surface 100 and may excise at least a portion of the articular surface 100, thereby creating an excision site 106. As depicted, the excision site 108 created as the cutter is urged into the articular surface may generally correspond to a projection of the rotating cutter along the path of the applied retrograde force.

Consistent with one embodiment, a retrograde force may be applied to the cutter 14 by withdrawing the stop sleeve 104 in the access tunnel. According to such an embodiment, the axial position of the central shaft 12 relative to and/or within the stop sleeve 104 may be maintained as the stop sleeve 104 is withdrawn away from the articular surface 100. For example, the central shaft may be provided with a collar or other suitable mechanism to allow the central shaft to be withdrawn away from the articular surface along with the stop sleeve.
Accordingly, a retrograde force applied to the stop sleeve 104 may be transmitted to the cutter 14 through the central shaft 12.

In an embodiment in which the stop sleeve 104 is threadably engaged with the bone 102 defining the access tunnel, the stop sleeve 104 may be withdrawn away from the articular surface 100, by threadably withdrawing the stop sleeve 104 away from the articular surface 100. That is, the stop sleeve 104 may be unscrewed from the bone 102. With the axial position of the central shaft 12 maintained generally constant relative to the stop sleeve 104, as the stop sleeve 104 is threadably withdrawn away form the articular surface 100, the central shaft 12 may similarly be withdrawn away from the articular surface 100, thereby applying a retrograde force to the cutter 14. As discussed above, the retrograde force applied to the cutter 14 may urge the cutting and/or scraping edge 16 of the cutter to excise at least a portion of the articular surface 100.

The depth of the excision site may be controlled by controlling the distance the cutter is moved into the articular surface. In the foregoing embodiment, in which the cutter is urged into the articular surface by threadably withdrawing the stop sleeve and the central shaft away from the articular surface, the depth of the excision site may be controlled by controlling the distance the stop sleeve is withdrawn away from the articular surface. According to one embodiment, the distance that the stop sleeve is withdrawn away from the articular surface may be directly measured, e.g., using reference marks on the stop sleeve, etc. According to another embodiment, the depth of the excision site may be controlled based on the number of revolutions the stop sleeve is threadably withdrawn. For a given thread pitch of the stop sleeve, the distance the stop sleeve is withdrawn, and therefore the distance the cutter is drawn into the articular surface, may be related to the thread pitch and the number of revolutions through which the stop sleeve rotated. Accordingly, the depth of the excision site may be controlled by controlling the number of revolutions over which the stop sleeve is withdrawn corresponding to a distance of axial travel based on the thread pitch of the stop sleeve.

According to additional and/or alternative embodiments, the stop sleeve may initially be provided with the distal end of the stop sleeve recessed below the articular surface. In such an embodiment, the retrograde force may be applied to the cutter by withdrawing the central shaft away from the articular surface. The retrograde force applied to central shaft may be transmitted to the cutter coupled thereto. Similar to the manner described above, the retrograde force applied to the cutter may urge the cutter into the articular surface, thereby urging the cutting or scraping edge of the cutter into the articular surface and excising at least a portion of the articular surface.

Consistent with the foregoing embodiment, the stop sleeve may be moved to a position beneath the articular surface. The central shaft may be withdrawn relative to the articular surface urging the cutter into the articular surface to form an excision site therein.
According to an embodiment, the cutter may be urged into the articular surface until a portion of the cutter bears against and/or contacts at least a portion of the stop sleeve. As shown, for example in FIG. 7, the cutter 14 may include a bearing surface 112 which may contact the distal end 106 of the stop sleeve 104 and provide little or no abrading of the cutter 14 and/or stop sleeve 104, thereby resulting in the release of little or no attendant particulate material.
Accordingly, the depth of the excision site may be controlled by the depth of the stop sleeve below the articular surface.

According to one such embodiment, the stop sleeve can be placed at a depth below the articular surface to provide a desired excision site depth. Depth of the stop sleeve may be set by measuring a height of a distal end of the stop sleeve relative to the articular surface. According to another embodiment, the stop sleeve may fist be set at a height relative to the articular surface, for example, the distal end of the stop sleeve may be set generally tangential to the articular surface. The stop sleeve may then be threadably withdrawn away from the articular surface to a desired depth below the articular surface. Withdrawal of the stop sleeve away from the articular surface may be based on a known thread pitch of the stop sleeve and the number of revolutions turned during withdrawal, thereby generally giving a known distance of axial travel of the stop sleeve relative to the articular surface. The cutter may then be drawn down into the articular surface to contact the stop sleeve, thereby providing an excision site depth generally controlled by the depth of the stop sleeve.

According to another embodiment, the excision site may be produced by withdrawing the central shaft, with the cutter coupled to the central shaft, relative to the articular surface. The depth of the excision site may be controlled with reference to the withdrawal of the central shaft.
The withdrawal of the central shaft may be determined based on direct measurement, measurement relative to another instrument, using marking or indicia on the central shaft, etc. In yet another embodiment, the excision site may be formed by urging the cutter into the articular surface, and controlling the depth of the excision site relative to a measured and/or observed depth of the cutter.

As discussed previously, the cutter 14 may be coupled to the central shaft 12 to permit the cutter to tilt or pivot relative to the central shaft 12. Consistent with the present disclosure, tilting movement of the cutter 14 relative to the central shaft 12 may occur during rotation of the cutter 14 by the central shaft 12. The cutter 14 may, therefore, rotate on a plane that is not perpendicular to the axis of the central shaft 12. As such, the cutter 14 may rotate in a plane that is not perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cutter. Similarly, when the retrograde force is applied to the cutter 14 through the central shaft 12, the cutter 14 may rotate in a plane that is at an angle to, i.e., that is not perpendicular to, the direction of the retrograde force. Rotation of the cutter 14 in a plane that is not perpendicular to the axis of the retrograde force may allow the cutter 14 to create an excision site having a bottom 110 that is also not perpendicular to the axis of the retrograde force, and not perpendicular to the axis of the central shaft.

Consistent with the embodiment depicted in FIGS. 3 through 6, the stop sleeve 104 may initially be positioned adjacent to the articular surface 100. That is, prior to and/or as excision begins, the stop sleeve 104 may be disposed adjacent to the articular surface 100. As shown, for example in FIG. 7, the cutter 14 may include a bearing surface 112 which may contact and/or be disposed proximate to the distal end 106 of the stop sheath 104. Accordingly, as the cutter 14 is rotated, the bearing surface 112 of the cutter 14 may follow the surface of the distal end 106 of the stop sheath 104. The orientation of the cutter 14 may vary according to the profile of the distal end 106. In such an embodiment, the orientation of the cutter 14 may be controlled by the geometry of the distal end 106 of the stop sheath 104. In the depicted embodiment, the cutter 14 may exhibit a constant angular relationship relative to the axis of the stop sheath 104 and central shaft 12 through each rotational cycle of the cutter 14. In further embodiments, it is contemplated that the orientation of the cutter may vary throughout each rotational cycle.
As a retrograde force is applied to the cutter 14, and the cutter 14 is drawn into the articular surface, the orientation of the cutter 14 may be controlled by, and/or may be a function of, the geometry of the distal end 106 of the stop sheath 104. As the stop sheath 104 is withdrawn away from the articular surface 100, with a bearing surface 112 of the cutter 14 being maintained in contact with the distal end 106 of the stop sheath 104, the resulting excision site 108 may have a shape corresponding to the intersection of the rotating cutter, oriented according to the geometry of the distal end 106 of the stop sheath 104, and the articular surface projected along the axis of the retrograde force. For example, if the cutter is maintained generally parallel to the articular surface, the intersection of the rotating cutter and the articular surface may provide an excision site having a circular cross-section that may be projected into the articular surface at an angle relative to the articular surface corresponding to the angle of the retrograde force. As shown in FIG. 7, the excision site 108 may have a circular cross-section parallel to the articular surface and may slope inwardly from the articular surface.
Additionally, the excision site may have a bottom 110 that may be generally parallel to the articular surface, although the bottom surface or the articular surface may correspond to the bottom geometry of the cutter. In an embodiment in which the plane of rotation of the cutter is at an angle relative to the articular surface, the excision site may having an elliptical cross-section parallel to the articular surface and may be projected into the articular surface along the axis of the applied retrograde force.

In a related embodiment, a sleeve may be disposed at least partially within the stop sheath and the central shaft may extend through the sleeve. The sleeve may be positioned so that the distal end of the sleeve may extend beyond the distal end of the stop sheath.
Furthermore, the distal end of the sleeve may be configured and/or positioned to contact and/or be disposed adjacent to the bearing surface of the cutter. As the cutter is rotated by the central shaft, the orientation of the cutter may be controlled and/or guided by the distal end of the sleeve. In one embodiment, the central shaft and/or the stop sheath may be rotated independently of the sleeve.
The axial position of the central shaft may be maintained generally constant relative to the stop sheath during an excision operation. A retrograde force may be applied to the cutter by threadably withdrawing the stop sheath, and the central shaft therewith, away form the articular surface. The sleeve may remain rotationally independent of the central shaft, which may rotationally drive the cutter, and of the stop sheath, which may rotate to threadably withdraw the stop sheath and central shaft. In this manner, according to one embodiment the cutter may be rotated and the stop sheath may be threadably withdrawn without rotating the sleeve. That is, the sleeve may be kept from rotating, while the central shaft and the stop sheath are being rotated.
The sleeve may, however, be maintained in a generally axial relationship relative to the cutter, the central shaft, and the stop sheath. The sleeve may, therefore, be axially withdrawn away from the articular surface along with the stop sheath, the central shaft, and the cutter.

The distal end of the sleeve may be maintained in contact with and/or proximate to the bearing surface of the cutter as the cutter, the stop sheath, and the central shaft, along with the sleeve, are withdrawn away form the articular surface. In such an embodiment, the orientation of the cutter may be controlled by and/or related to the geometry of the distal end of the sleeve.

Because the sleeve does not rotated as it is withdrawn, the orientation and/or pattern of orientation of the cutter may be maintained generally constant as the articular surface is excised.
For example, the distal end of the sleeve may be angled relative to the axis of the sleeve, and may similarly be angled relative to the axis of the central shaft, for example, other than being perpendicular to the axis of the central shaft. Accordingly, the cutter may be oriented at an angle corresponding to the sleeve, which may be an angle other than perpendicular to the axis of the central shaft and the stop sheath. The cutter may, therefore, be oriented at an angle relative to a retrograde force which may be applied by the stop sheath and/or the central shaft. When the sleeve is maintained in a rotationally fixed relationship, e.g., relative to the articular surface, as the sleeve, the stop sheath, the central shaft, and the cutter are all withdrawn away from the articular surface, the angle or plane defined by the distal end of the sleeve may remain constant, e.g., relative to the articular surface. Accordingly, the orientation, and/or pattern of orientation, of the cutter may remain constant, e.g., relative to the articular surface, as the cutter is drawn into the articular surface to create an excision site.

As alluded to above, the distal end of the sleeve may have a varying profile around the circumference of the sleeve. As the cutter is rotated with the bearing surface of the cutter in contact with and/or adjacent to the varying profile of the distal end of the sleeve, the orientation of the cutter may vary about each rotational cycle. As the cutter is rotated with the bearing surface of the cutter in contact with the distal end of the sleeve, the orientation of the cutter may be controlled by and/or guided by the profile of the distal end of the sleeve.
Variation in the orientation of the cutter about each rotational cycle may provide an intersection of the rotating cutter and the articular surface producing an excision site having a cross-sectional shape other than circular or elliptical.

According to an alternative embodiment, the distal end of the stop sheath may, at least initially, be spaced from the cutter. In such an embodiment, the bottom edge of the cutter, i.e., the cutting or scraping edge, may generally follow the profile of the articular surface as the cutter is drawn into the articular surface. Accordingly, as the cutter is rotated in contact with the articular surface, the orientation of the cutter may generally be controlled by and/or be a guided by the geometry of the articular surface. Depending upon the geometry of the articular surface, the orientation of the cutter may remain generally constant throughout each rotational cycle. In such an embodiment, the intersection of the rotating cutter and the articular surface may produce an excision site having a generally uniform and/or symmetrical cross-sectional shape.

Alternatively, if the geometry of the articular surface is not locally uniform in the area of contact between the cutter and the articular surface, the orientation of the cutter may vary about the rotation of the cutter, i.e., throughout each rotational cycle of the cutter. The change in the orientation of the cutter throughout each rotational cycle may generally be based on the geometry of the articular surface contacted by the bottom edge of the cutter, i.e., the cutting or scraping edge. An initial excision site may be created having a cross-sectional geometry generally parallel to a plane of the articular surface defined by the intersection of the rotating cutter and the articular surface. The geometry of the excision site formed after the initial excision of the articular surface may be generally constant if the cutter transfers the varying geometry of the articular surface to the bottom of the excision site being formed.
Alternatively, the bottom of the excision site may become uniform and/or continue to vary as the depth of the excision site increases.

Consistent with either of the foregoing embodiments in which the orientation of the cutter is controlled and/or guided by the geometry of the articular surface contacted by the bottom edge of the cutter, the bottom of the excision site may be controlled by a stop sheath. For example, a stop sheath may be at least partially disposed within an access tunnel extending into a bone beneath the articular surface and extending toward the articular surface. The distal end of the stop sheath may be disposed beneath the articular surface. The cutter may be rotated in contact with the articular surface and a retrograde force may be applied to urging the cutter into the articular surface to form an excision site. The cutter may be drawn into the articular surface until a portion of the cutter contacts the stop sheath. The cutter may further be urged toward the stop sheath and may continue to excise the articular surface and/or underlying bone until a portion of the bottom surface, e.g., a bearing surface, of the cutter contacts the distal end of the stop sheath about the entire rotation of the cutter. When the bottom of the cutter contacts the distal end of the stop sheath through the entire rotation of the cutter, the orientation of the cutter may generally be controlled and/or guided by the geometry of the distal end of the stop sheath.
Similarly, the bottom of the excision site may be controlled by the geometry of the distal end of the stop sheath.

According to yet another variation on the preceding embodiments, an excision site may be created using an excision tool herein without the use of a stop sheath.
According to such an embodiment, the orientation of the cutter may be controlled and/or guided by the geometry of the articular surface contacted by the rotating cutter. The central shaft rotating the cutter and applying a retrograde force to the cutter may be disposed extending at least partially through an access tunnel in the bone underlying the articular surface. The bone defining the access tunnel may act as a bushing supporting the rotating central shaft. Accordingly, the rotating shaft and the axis of the retrograde force applied to the cutter may generally be controlled and/or guided by the access tunnel. The depth of the excision site may generally be controlled according to a measured and/or observed distance the central shaft is withdrawn and/or by reference to a measured and/or observed depth of excision or position of the cutter. The cross-sectional geometry of the excision site relative to a plane generally parallel to the articular surface may be based on the orientation of the cutter throughout the rotation of the cutter as controlled by the interaction of the articular surface and the bottom edge of the cutter.

Turning to FIG. 8, a partial exploded view of another embodiment of an excision too1200 is depicted. The excision too1200 may generally include a shaft 202 and a cutter 204 which may be removably coupled to the shaft 202. As shown, the cutter 204 may be configured to be at least partially received in a notch 206 in the distal end of the shaft 202.
Furthermore, the cutter 204 may be removably coupled to the shaft 202 by a pin 208, which may extend through corresponding openings 210, 212 in the shaft 202 and the cutter 204. According to one aspect, the pin 208 may pivotally couple the cutter 204 to the shaft 202. The cutter 204 may be capable of tilting or pivoting relative to the shaft 202 and may achieve various angular orientations to the shaft 202.

The shaft 202 of the excision too1200 may be configured to be at least partially received in a stop sheath 214. The shaft 202 may be rotatably and/or slidably received in the stop sheath 214. The stop sheath 214 may be capable of being engaged in bone behind an articular surface.
In one embodiment, the shaft 202 may extend through the stop sheath 214 and the stop sheath 214 may operate as a bushing for rotatably and/or slidably supporting the shaft 202. The shaft 202 may include a hole 216 adjacent to a distal end 218 of the stop sheath 214. A pin 220 may be received at least partially in the hole 216. At least a portion of the pin 220 may extend from the hole 216 so that when the shaft 202 is received at least partially extending through the stop sheath 214, the pin 220 may engage the distal end 218 of the stop sheath 214.
Engagement between the pin 220 and the distal end 218 of the stop sheath 214 may limit and/or control sliding movement and/or axial position of the shaft 202 relative to the stop sheath 214.

In addition to limiting and/or controlling sliding movement and/or axial position of the shaft 202 relative to the stop sheath 214, the pin 220 may travel along the distal end 218 of the stop sheath 214 during rotation of the shaft 202. As the pin 220 travels along the distal end 218 of the stop sheath 214, the axial position of the shaft 202 relative to the stop sheath 214 may vary corresponding to the profile of the distal end 218 of the stop sheath 214.
Variation of the axial position of the shaft 202 relative to the stop sheath 214 may correspondingly vary characteristics of an excision site created using the excision too1200.

According to a further aspect, an excision tool consistent with the present disclosure may be employed in connection with an end-on application and/or procedure. As compared to the retrograde procedure described in detail above, an end-on procedure may include excision of at least a portion of an articular surface from a location in front of the articular surface. According to such an embodiment the force applied to the cutter may be directed toward the articular surface. For example, the cutter may be engaged with the central shaft and may be positioned adjacent to the articular surface with the central shaft extending outwardly away from the articular surface. The articular surface may be excised by rotating the cutter, such as by rotating the central shaft, and applying a force urging the cutter into the articular surface. For example, the force may be applied by pushing the central shaft, i.e., applying a compressive force to the shaft. In this manner, urging the cutter into the articular surface may include pushing the cutter into the articular surface rather than pulling the cutter into the articular surface, as during a retrograde procedure.

Similar to previously discussed retrograde procedures, during an end-on procedure the cutter may be rotated in a plane that is not perpendicular to the axis of the central shaft. That is, the cutter may be tilted relative to the central shaft. In an end-on procedure, as in a retrograde procedure, the range of tilt of the cutter relative to the central shaft may include 0 degrees, i.e., the cutter may be oriented normal to the central shaft. As with a retrograde procedure, the excision site may have a cross-sectional geometry corresponding to the intersection of the rotating cutter and the articular surface, and may further be projected along the axis of the applied force, e.g., along the axis of the central shaft. The orientation of the cutter, and therefore, the geometry of the excision site, may be controlled by the interaction of the cutter and the articular surface. For example, the cutter may be rotated in contact with the articular surface and the tilt angle of the cutter relative to the central shaft may be controlled and/or influenced by the geometry of the articular surface. Additionally, and/or alternatively, the tilt angle of the cutter relative to the central shaft, and/or relative to the articular surface, may be controlled and/or influenced by a sheath or guide which may contact at least a portion of the cutter. The sheath and/or guide may influence the tilt angle of the cutter in a similar manner as discussed with reference to a retrograde procedure.

Operation of the excision tool during an end-on procedure may be guided and/or controlled in a similar manner as discussed with respect to a retrograde procedure. For example, a drill guide may be employed to control and/or influence the orientation of the central shaft.
Additionally, and/or alternatively, the orientation of the central shaft may controlled by controlling and/or influencing the orientation of a drive motor, e.g., in a generally free-hand manner. Furthermore, features may be provided in the articular surface to control and/or influence the orientation of the central shaft and/or excision site. For example, a passage or hole may extend into the bone behind the articular surface. At least a portion of the central shaft may be received in the passage or hole and may at least in part guide and/or direct the central shaft.
These, and various additional and/or alternative techniques for guide and/or controlling the operation of an excision tool, may be used alone and/or in combination with one or more additional techniques.

The orientation of the cutter may also be influenced and/or controlled by a guide etc. For example, a guide may be provided with at least a portion of the guide being in contact with at least a portion of the cutter. Contact between the cutter and the guide may control and/or influence the angle of the cutter. Additionally, the guide may have a contact surface configured to provide a varying tilt angle of the cutter through each cycle of rotation of the cutter.

As discussed with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the internal passage and the slot in the central shaft may extend from the opening through the central shaft away from the adjacent and/or distal end of the central shaft. Consistent with the foregoing description of an exemplary end-on procedure, a cutting force applied to the cutter via the central shaft may urge the cutter away form the distal end and/or the end adjacent to the opening. The discussed alternative configuration of the internal passage and of the slot may accommodate an end-on procedure.

Similar modifications may be employed as necessary in connection with alternative embodiments of the excision tool. Such modifications will be readily appreciated.

An excision tool, and the associated method, consistent with the present disclosure may permit an excision site to be formed in an articular surface from a retrograde location and/or from an end-on location. The cutter may be, at least initially, oriented in a plane that is not normal to the axis of a shaft which may rotationally drive the cutter. This may allow the cutter of the excision tool to, at least initially, be oriented in a plane relative to the articular surface and/or in a plane between cooperating articular surfaces of a joint. Such initial orientation of the cutter may minimize and/or eliminate the need to separate and/or dislocate a joint in order to provide an implant site in one of the articular surfaces. Furthermore, the tilted orientation of the cutter relative to the shaft may improve access to remote and/or obscured regions of the articular surface. Additionally, and/or alternatively, initially orienting the cutter of the excision tool in a plane between the cooperating articular surfaces may allow an excision site to be formed in one of the articular surfaces without gouging the cooperating articular surface, as may occur for a cutter that is fixed in a plane normal to the shaft rotationally driving the cutter.

The embodiments describe herein have been set forth as examples for illustrating the various aspects, features, and advantages of the present invention. The various features and aspects of the individual embodiments are susceptible to combination with features and aspects of the various other embodiments. Similarly, the embodiments, as well as the features and aspects thereof, are susceptible to variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Accordingly, the described and illustrated embodiments should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.

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1. An excision tool comprising:
a shaft; and a cutter configured to be coupled to said shaft to provide said cutter rotatable with said shaft and tiltable relative to said shaft
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said cutter is configured to be removably coupled to said shaft.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said cutter comprises a ball coupling, said cutter configured to be tiltable relative to said shaft about said ball coupling.
4. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said shaft comprises an opening adjacent to an end of said shaft, said opening sized to receive at least a portion of said cutter and said ball coupling.
5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said cutter is configured to be coupled to said shaft via a pivot pin.
6. A system for excising a portion of an articular surface, said system comprising:
a stop sleeve comprising an axial bore a central shaft rotatably and slidably receivable in said bore a cutter configured to be coupled to said central shaft to permit said cutter to rotate with said central shaft and to be tiltable relative to said central shaft.
7. A system according to claim 6, wherein said stop sleeve is configured to be at least partially disposed in an access tunnel defined in a bone, said stop sleeve being axially translatable within said access tunnel.
8. A system according to claim 7, wherein said stop sleeve comprises an external thread configured to threadably engage bone defining an access tunnel.
9. A system according to claim 7, wherein said central shaft is configured to be axially translatable with said stop sleeve.
10. A system according to claim 6, wherein said cutter comprises a ball coupling, said cutter configured to be tiltable relative to said central shaft about said ball coupling.
11. A system according to claim 6, wherein said cutter comprises a bearing surface configured to travel along a distal end of said stop sheath.
12. A method of excising a portion of an articular surface comprising:
providing an access tunnel extending through a bone to said articular surface;

inserting a central shaft at least partially into said access tunnel;

coupling a cutter to said central shaft, said cutter tiltable relative to said central shaft;

rotating said cutter; and applying a retrograde force to said cutter to urge said cutter into said articular surface.
13. A method according to claim 12, wherein rotating said cutter comprises applying a rotational force to said cutter through said central shaft.
14. A method according to claim 12, wherein applying a retrograde force comprises withdrawing said central shaft away from said articular surface.
15. A method according to claim 12, further comprising installing a stop sleeve at least partially into said access tunnel, said stop sleeve receiving at least a portion of said central shaft through said stop sleeve.
16. A method according to claim 15, wherein applying a retrograde force comprises withdrawing said stop sleeve and said central shaft away from said articular surface.
17. A method according to claim 16, wherein said stop sheath is threadably engaged in said access tunnel, and withdrawing said stop sleeve and said shaft comprises threadably translating said stop sleeve away from said articular surface.
18. A method according to claim 16, comprising positioning a bearing surface of said cutter adjacent to a distal end of said stop sleeve and withdrawing said cutter and said stop sleeve away from said articular surface.
19. A method according to claim 15, comprising providing a guide sleeve positioned at least partially through said stop sleeve, said central shaft extending at least partially though said guide sleeve.
20. A method according to claim 19, further comprising positioning a distal end of said guide sleeve adjacent to said cutter, said guide sleeve directing an orientation of said cutter during rotation thereof.
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