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AssigneeEpix Orthopaedics, Inc.
InventorsAmir M Matityahu, Benjamin Clawson, Alan Grantz, John McDermott
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An apparatus including a sterilizable tray having a base and at least one fixture connected to the tray adapted for removably securing an implant insertion device to the tray. The tray can be free of a first wall portion for permitting the proximal end of an implantable device to axially align with the end of the implant insertion device for coupling to the implant insertion device and can be free of a second wall portion for permitting a tool to axially align with the end of the implant insertion device so as to threadedly couple the implant insertion device to the implantable device. Related methods and apparatus are provided.
An apparatus for use with an implantable device having a proximal end that is threaded about a longitudinal axis and an implant insertion device having an end for coupling to the proximal end of the implantable device and a tool for threadedly securing the implant insertion device to the implantable device, comprising a sterilization tray having a base, at least one fixture permanently secured to the sterilization tray adapted for removably securing the implant insertion device to the sterilization tray, the sterilization tray having at least one side opening and the at least one fixture being configured relative to the sterilization tray for aligning the end of the implant insertion device with the at least one side opening so as to permit the proximal end of the implantable device to extend through the at least one side opening to engage the end of the implant insertion device and permit the tool to extend through the at least one side opening for threadedly securing the implantable device to the implant insertion device.
An apparatus for use with an implantable device having a proximal end that is threaded about a longitudinal axis and an implant insertion device having an end for coupling to the proximal end of the implantable device, comprising a sterilization tray having a base, a mechanism having an angularly adjustable transverse hole and an elongate element resembling a fastener in appearance and having an end, the mechanism including an additional base carried by the sterilization tray, at least one fixture connected to the additional base adapted for removably securing the implantable device to the additional base and an arcuate scale with angle indicia wherein when the implantable device is secured to the additional base with the at least one fixture and the elongate element is inserted into the angularly adjustable transverse hole the end of the elongate element points at the indicia on the scale to indicate the angle of the angularly adjustable transverse hole.
An apparatus for use with an intramedullary nail having a proximal end that is threaded about a longitudinal axis and a targeting device having an end for coupling to the proximal end of the intramedullary nail and a tool for threadedly securing the targeting device to the intramedullary nail, comprising a sterilization tray having a base with a perimeter, the sterilization tray having a wall around at least a portion of the perimeter, at least one fixture permanently secured to the sterilization tray adapted for removably securing the targeting device to the sterilization tray, the wall being provided with a first opening and an opposite second opening, the at least one fixture being configured relative to the sterilization tray for aligning the end of the targeting device with the first opening to permit the proximal end of the intramedullary nail to extend through the first opening to engage the end of the targeting device and for aligning the end of the targeting device with the second opening to permit the tool to extend through the second opening for threadedly securing the intramedullary nail to the targeting device.
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