Proximal hip drill clamp with implant
AssigneeHowmedica Osteonics Corp.
InventorsDamon J. Servidio, Carlos E. Collazo, G. Douglas Letson
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Abstract
A tool for implanting an orthopedic implant upon a bone includes a body defining an implant socket for releasably retaining an implant and a drill guide opening into the implant socket. The body is an insert receivable in an insert socket of a movable end of the tool. The tool also includes a tip toward which the implant socket faces and opposedly movable relative to the body. The tool is usable in a process that includes clamping a bone between the tip and the implant while the implant is retained in the implant socket. While the bone is clamped, a drill is driven through the drill guide to produce a hole in the bone.
Claims17
A tool for implanting an orthopedic implant upon a bone, the tool comprising:
- a body defining an implant socket for releasably retaining an implant and at least one drill guide opening into the implant socket;
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- a tip toward which the implant socket faces that is opposedly movable relative to the body for clamping the implant and bone between the body and tip.
A tool for implanting an orthopedic implant upon a bone, the tool comprising:
- a first end defining a tip;
- a second end opposedly movable relative to the first end and defining an insert socket;
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- an insert removably retainable within the insert socket and including an implant socket for removably retaining an orthopedic implant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.