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US 12,721,623 B2Granted
Bone staple delivery devices, bone staples and methods of use thereof
AssigneePrimo Medical Group, Inc.
InventorsJohn Cobb, Richard P. Rodgers
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides bone/wound staple delivery devices. The staple delivery devices are configured to allow a user to prepare a staple for delivery into a patient, and also to hold the staple such that, even if the staple delivery device is no longer held by the operator, the staple will remain clamped and splayed for insertion into a bone.
Claims20
A medical device, comprising:
- a bone staple delivery device, the bone staple delivery device comprising an elongated platform and a lever-actuator;
- the platform and the lever-actuator forming a staple clamp to clamp a bone staple;
- the lever-actuator having a lever-handle and a lever-head, the lever-handle rotatable relative to the platform and having a distal end face comprising a planar distal end face and an arcuate distal end face;
- the lever-head having a planar proximal end face;
- wherein, when the staple is installed in the staple clamp and the lever-handle is rotated with a closure force in a first direction towards to the platform, the bone staple delivery device is operable such that the arcuate distal end face of the lever-handle contacts the planar proximal end face of the lever-head and moves the lever-head distally relative to the platform to close the staple clamp on the staple;
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- wherein, when the lever-handle is further rotated with the closure force in the first direction towards to the platform, the planar distal end face of the lever-handle and the planar proximal end face of the lever-head come into parallel alignment facing one another, which inhibits the lever-handle from rotating in a second direction away from the platform upon removal of the closure force.
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