Driving instrument with variably angled joint and extended tip and method of use for minimally invasive hip surgery
AssigneeZimmer Austin, Inc.
InventorDonald Dye
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive hip surgery for implanting a prosthetic acetabular component into a natural acetabulum. The method and apparatus include a driving instrument and driving guide for aligning and driving bone screws and screw-hole plugs. The instrument includes a working section and a driving section connected together with a joint connector. The joint connector enables the working and driving sections to move to various angles relative to each other.
Claims20
A method for using minimally invasive surgery to implant a prosthetic acetabular shell and insert into a natural acetabulum, comprising the steps of:
- incising a hip with a minimally invasive incision;
- implanting the acetabular shell into the natural acetabulum;
- providing a driving instrument having a working section and a driving section connected together with a joint connector, wherein the working section includes a handle, the driving section includes a driving tip, and the joint connector enables the working section and driving section to move to various angles relative to each other;
- attaching an acetabular plug to the driving tip of the driving section;
- positioning the working section at an angle with respect to the driving section;
- positioning the driving tip and acetabular plug through the incision to engage the acetabular shell;
- rotating the handle to threadably engage the acetabular plug to the acetabular shell while the working section is at an angle relative to the driving section;
- removing the driving instrument from the incision;
- positioning the acetabular insert into the acetabular shell;
- and
- closing the incision.
A method for using minimally invasive surgery to implant a prosthetic acetabular shell into a natural acetabulum, comprising the steps of:
- incising a hip with an incision with a length of between about 2.5 inches to about 5 inches;
- implanting the acetabular shell into the natural acetabulum;
- providing a driving instrument having a working section and a driving section connected together with a joint connector adapted to move the working section and driving section to various angles relative to each other;
- attaching an acetabular bone screw to the driving section;
- positioning the acetabular bone screw through the incision;
- positioning the working section at an angle with respect to the driving section;
- rotating the working section to drive the bone screw through the acetabular shell and into the natural acetabulum;
- removing the driving instrument from the incision;
- and
- closing the incision.
A method for implanting a prosthetic acetabular component into a natural acetabulum, comprising the steps of:
- incising a hip with an incision;
- implanting the acetabular component into the natural acetabulum;
- providing a driving instrument having a working section and a driving section connected together with a joint connector adapted to move the working section and driving section to various angles relative to each other;
- attaching to the driving section one of an acetabular bone screw, an acetabular screw-hole plug, and an acetabular dome plug;
- positioning the driving section through the incision;
- angling the working section with respect to the driving section;
- rotating the working section to rotate the driving section to drive one of the acetabular bone screw, the acetabular screw-hole plug, and the acetabular dome plug;
- removing the driving instrument from the incision;
- and
- closing the incision.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.