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US 11,147,680 B2Granted
Small joint fixation
AssigneeTyber Medical LLC
InventorsJeffrey Tyber, Rui Ferreira, Christopher Faresich, Donald Buss
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Abstract
Disclosed is a medical device having a first implant portion having a proximal end, a second implant portion connected to the first implant portion, the second implant portion having a distal end, and a driver assembly removably connected to the distal end, the driver assembly comprising a drill connected to the distal end at a connection.
Claims15
A combination tool and implant assembly comprising:
- an implantable portion;
- and
- a tool fixedly attached to the implantable portion at a connection and removably detachable from the implantable portion at the connection by snapping the tool from the implantable portion at the connection, wherein the tool comprises a drill distal of the implantable portion.
A unitary construction combination tool assembly comprising:
- a medical implant portion;
- and
- an insertion tool attached to the medical implant portion and removably detachable from the medical implant portion at a connection by snapping the insertion tool from the medical implant portion at the connection, wherein the insertion tool comprises a drill distal of the medical implant portion.
A combination tool assembly comprising:
- an implant portion;
- and
- an insertion tool connected to the implant portion by a connecting portion,
- wherein the implant portion, the insertion tool, and the connecting portion are all of unitary construction and
- wherein the insertion tool is removably detachable from the implant portion at the connecting portion by snapping the insertion tool from the implant portion at the connecting portion, wherein the insertion tool comprises a drill distal of the implant portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.