The disclosure is directed to a surgical system for bone cutting or shaping and more particularly, to a surgical dissection tool of the surgical system.
During surgical procedures using cutting tools, surgeons often balance aggressiveness of cutting tools with the ability to precisely control the cutting tool. As a surgeon controls the cutting instruments to increase aggressiveness, potentially decreasing the time period of the surgical procedure, the surgeon may have less precise control. While non-aggressive cutting may be more precise, it may increase the time period of the surgical procedure.
A part of the reduced precision during aggressive cutting may be the result of tool chatter. Tool chatter may occur for several reasons. One reason is the spacing of the flutes. A cutting tool with “paired” flutes or an even number of flutes may chatter as a result of one cutting edge engaging tissue at the same time that another cutting edge is disengaging from tissue or may manifest when the cutting depth of multiple engaged flutes vary, producing asymmetric forces. In addition, tool chatter may result from an inability of tissue in the flutes to exit the flute before the flute reengages tissue. This may be compounded during aggressive cutting that can result in relatively large slices of tissue.
The present disclosure is directed to a surgical system for bone cutting or shaping addressing one or more of the limitations in the prior art.
In one exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a surgical dissection tool for cutting bone and other tissue. The dissection tool may include a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. A shank may extend between the distal end portion and the proximal end portion. A cutting head disposed at the distal end portion connects to the shank. It has an outer surface having an odd number of flutes formed therein. Each flute includes a rake surface intersecting with the outer surface to form a cutting edge, and a relief surface opposite the rake surface. The relief surface and the rake surface form a first angle. Each flute also includes a leading angled surface extending from the relief surface to a distal end portion of the cutting head, the leading angled surface and the rake surface forming a second angle substantially the same as the first angle.
In one aspect, the odd number of flutes comprises three flutes. In another aspect, the first and second angles are obtuse angles. In another aspect, the leading angled surface comprises one of a chamfer and a round. In another aspect, the flute further comprises a bevel between the leading angled surface and the rake surface.
In another exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a surgical dissection tool for cutting bone and other tissue that includes a shank and a cutting head connected to the shank. The cutting head and shank have a central longitudinal axis, and the cutting head has an outer surface having an odd number of flutes formed therein. Each flute may include a planar rake surface intersecting with the outer surface to form a cutting edge and may include a planar relief surface opposite the rake surface. The planar rake surface and the planar relief surface form an obtuse angle. A leading angled surface may extend from the planar relief surface to a distal end portion of the outer surface, and the leading angled surface of at least one of the flutes includes a distal-most end extending past the longitudinal axis.
In another exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a surgical dissection tool for cutting bone and other tissue that includes a shank and a cutting head connected to the shank. The cutting head and shank may have a central longitudinal axis and an outer surface. The outer surface may be substantially spherically shaped and may have three flutes formed therein. The outer surface between adjacent flutes of the three flutes forms an angle within a range of about 45-55 degrees. Each flute of the three flutes includes a planar rake surface intersecting with the outer surface to form a cutting edge. The planar rake surface is parallel to and offset from a reference plane through the longitudinal axis. Each flute also includes a planar relief surface opposite the rake surface and intersecting with the outer surface. The planar relief surface may extend to a proximal portion of the cutting head, the planar rake surface and the planar relief surface may form a first obtuse angle within a range of about 95 and 105 degrees. A leading angled surface may extend from the planar relief surface to a distal end portion of the outer surface. The leading angled surface and the planar relief surface may form a second angle substantially the same as the first obtuse angle. The leading angled surface of at least one of the three flutes may include a distal-most end extending past the longitudinal axis.
In another exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a surgical system having a surgical dissection cutter assembly with a surgical dissection tool as described herein.
The A more complete understanding of the present disclosure and advantages thereof may be acquired by referring to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying figures.
Reference is now made in detail to exemplary embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
The present disclosure is directed to a surgical dissection cutter assembly including a dissection tool driver that drives a surgical dissection tool during surgical procedures. The dissection tool may provide increased cutting control and cutting precision by reducing the incidence of chatter during cutting. This may permit a surgeon to make more aggressive dissections without compromising control and cutting precision. In turn, this may reduce the length of time required for some surgical procedures, benefitting the patient. In addition, reduced chatter may result in smoother cuts, which may increase healing and reduce recovery times.
The exemplary dissection tool disclosed herein is a surgical bur having non-paired flutes. As such, the flutes themselves are not spaced precisely 180 degrees apart. The offset flutes appear to provide a benefit of reduced chatter while still permitting relatively aggressive cutting. The advantage may derive from the offset in timing between the time one flute engages to cut tissue as another disengages the tissue during a single revolution of the dissection bur.
The proximal end portion 102 is arranged to engage with and be driven by a shaft in the motor portion 12, but passes through and is supported by the attachment housing 16 in
The distal end portion 104 includes a cutting head 120 connected to the shank 106. The transverse cross-section of the cutting head 120 is greater than the diameter of the shank 106. The cutting head 120 is shown as a surgical cutting bur with an outer surface 122. In this example, the outer surface 122 is substantially spherically shaped. In other embodiments, the cutting head 120 may have a cross-section smaller than at least a portion of the shank 106. In one embodiment, the shank 106 includes a neck with a curved or tapered surface that extends to the cutting head 120.
The cutting head 120 is formed with three symmetric cutting flutes 124 formed into the outer surface 122 and evenly spaced about the cutting head 120. Each cutting flute 124 includes a rake surface 126 forming a cutting edge 128 with the outer surface 122, and includes a relief surface 130 adjacent the rake surface 126. A distal region of the cutting head 120 includes a leading angled surface shown as a chamfer portion 132 leading to the relief surface 130. A bevel 134 connects the chamfer portion 132 to the rake surface 126. As can be seen, the cutting edge 120 forms a smooth arc from the distal-most portion of the spherical cutting head 120 to the proximal side of the cutting head 120.
In this example, the rake surface 126 is a planar surface across its length. Here, the rake surface 126 is offset from but parallel to a plane passing through the longitudinal axis 108. Accordingly, the rake surface 126 lies in a plane that does not intersect the center-line or longitudinal axis 108 of the dissection tool 100. While shown as being offset after the centerline, in other embodiments, the rake surface 126 is offset from but parallel to a plane before or in front of a plane passing through the longitudinal axis to impart a desired rake angle. In one embodiment the rake surface is disposed so that a plane through the rake angle intersects the axis for a neutral rake angle. Although shown as planar, in other embodiments, the rake surface 126 surface is angled or formed by a helix.
The relief surface 130 forms the opposing side of the flute 124 and, together with the rake surface 126, forms an angle .theta. within a range of about 85-120 degrees, although additional angles are contemplated. In one embodiment, the angle .theta. is within a range of about 95-105 degrees and in another embodiment, the angle is about 100 degrees. The relief surface extends from the chamfer portion 132 to a proximal portion of the cutting head 120. Different embodiments of the dissection tool 100 include angles between the rake surface 126 and the relief surface 130 that are acute, right or obtuse. In some embodiments, the angle .theta. is within the range of about 90.degree. and 100.degree.
As best seen in
The dissection tool 200 includes a cutting head 220 with a spherical outer surface 222 having three cutting flutes 224a-c formed therein, with each cutting flute 224a-c having a respective planar rake surface 226a-c that intersects the outer surface 222 to form a respective cutting edge 228a-c. A relief surface 230a-c forms an opposing wall to each respective rake surface 226a-c of each cutting flute 224a-c. As described above, in one embodiment, the rake surfaces 226 are parallel to, but offset from a plane through the centerline or axis 208. In other embodiments, the rake surfaces 226 form planes that pass through the centerline or axis 208.
Instead of having identical flutes as disclosed with reference to the dissection tool 100, the dissection tool 200 includes cutting flutes that vary from each other. In this example, each cutting flute 224a-c includes a respective leading angled surface shown as a chamfer or a round 232a-c extending from its most distal end to the relief surface 230. The chamfers or rounds 232a-c of each flute 224a-c, however, have different depths or curvatures. This can be understood with reference to
The dissection tool 300 includes a cutting head 320 with an outer surface 322 having three cutting flutes 324 formed therein, with each cutting flute 324 having a respective rake surface 326 that intersects the outer surface 322 to form a respective cutting edge 328. Here, the cutting flutes 324 are substantially identically shaped and therefore, are all referred to by the same reference numeral.
In this embodiment, the rake surface 326 is helix shaped, with a leading portion 340 and a trailing portion 342. The helix angle increases the effective shearing action thus reducing cutting forces and the amount of heat generated during the bone cutting process. Chip ejection also may be improved. During cutting, as the bur rotates about the longitudinal axis 308, the leading portion 340 is the first portion to engage the bone tissue during a cutting action and the trailing portion 342 follows the leading portion 340. This may provide additional stability during cutting to the three-flute bur because resistance from the bone tissue is applied through a progressive siding action. This makes the cutting forces more constant with less chance for chatter. Instead of the whole cutting edge of a flute engaging the bone at once, the helix makes the leading portion 340 engage the bone first, and the remainder of the cutting edge engages bone over a very short period of time. This reduces both vibration and dampening, resulting in greater levels of stability.
In this embodiment, the leading portions 340 of the respective rake surfaces 326 are parallel to, but offset from a front of a plane through the centerline or axis 308. In other embodiments, the leading portions 340 of the rake surfaces 326 form planes that pass through the centerline or axis 308 or that are behind a plane through a centerline or axis 308. As can be seen in
A relief surface 330 forms an opposing wall to each respective rake surface 326 of each cutting flute 324. In the embodiment of the dissection tool 300, the flutes 324 are all substantially identical, and are similar to the rake surfaces described above. A reference line 352 identifies a web thickness of the cutting head 320. The web thickness is the minimum diameter of the solid portion of the cutting head. When using three flutes as shown in
In
Although the exemplary dissection tools are burs with three flutes, the dissection tools may have additional non-paired flutes. For example, one example of the dissection tool includes five flutes. In use, the odd number of flutes may result in a reduced level of chatter during bone or cutting. Since cutting occurs by rotating the dissection tool about its longitudinal axis, the odd number of flutes offsets the timing of initial cutting edge engagement and cutting edge disengagement. This offset in timing is thought to reduce the incidence of chatter while still permitting aggressive cutting action. Furthermore, since at least one of the flutes has a cutting edge that extends past the longitudinal axis or centerline, the angle that the cutter is held at by the surgeon is not as critical as it might otherwise be.
It is evident that the particular illustrative embodiments disclosed above may be altered or modified and all such variations are considered within the scope and spirit of the present invention.
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/935,459 filed on Mar. 26, 2018, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/992,400 filed Jan. 11, 2016, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,924,952 issued on Mar. 27, 2018, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/447,372 filed on Apr. 16, 2012, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,232,952 issued on Jan. 12, 2016. The entire disclosures of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference.
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