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US 12,605,256 B2Granted
Implant removal tool
AssigneeDepuy Ireland Unlimited Company
InventorJose S. Rivera, Jr.
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Abstract
An implant removal tool used to remove a femoral implant from a femur bone by providing a substantially U-shaped body having a substantially rectangular-shaped opening located thereon that allows the substantially U-shaped body to be placed over a neck of a femoral implant so a sharpened front edge of the substantially U-shaped body makes direct contact with an inner surface of the stem of the femoral implant. The U-shaped body may have front side edges that extend beyond a front edge 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 including two side walls;
- and
- an opening in a curved portion of the substantially U-shaped body,
- wherein the opening forms a through-hole in the curved portion and is shaped to accommodate at least a portion of a femoral implant to pass therethrough,
- wherein the opening has a curved opening front edge,
- wherein the two side walls each have a side front edge that is connected to the front edge,
- wherein each of the side front edges has a triangular-shaped point extending beyond the front edge away from the opening.
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