Implant removal tool
AssigneeSimplex Designs, LLC
InventorJose S. Rivera, Jr.
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Abstract
An implant removal tool (1) used to remove a femoral implant (17) from a femur bone (18) by providing a substantially U-shaped body (2) having a substantially rectangular-shaped opening (9) located thereon that allows the substantially U-shaped body to be placed over a neck (21) of a femoral implant so a sharpened front edge (5) of the substantially U-shaped body makes direct contact with an inner surface of the stein of the femoral implant. The U-shaped body may have front side edges (26, 27) that extend beyond a front edge (5) to allow the front side edges to cut anterior and posterior surface of the implant.
Claims10
An implant removal tool comprising:
- a substantially U-shaped body having a thin wall structure, the thin wall structure comprising two side walls, a back wall, an inner surface, and an outer surface;
- wherein the U-shaped body has a front edge configured for cutting;
- an opening located within the substantially U-shaped body between the two side walls, wherein the opening has a curved opening front edge, the curved opening front edge being part of the thin wall structure;
- wherein the opening is shaped to accommodate at least a portion of a femoral implant to pass through the outer surface;
- wherein the opening has a width substantially equal to a distance of the two side walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.