Bending pliers for perforated bone plates and bending-pliers system
AssigneeStryker Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsChristian Knopfle, Frank Thorsten
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Abstract
Bending pliers are described for perforated bone plates with two jaws movable relative to one another. A receiving jaw has two spaced receptacles for insertion into holes of a bone plate to be received. A pressure-exerting jaw comprises a pressure-exerting element which, when the bending pliers are actuated, cooperates with a received bone plate in a region between the two receptacles. The receptacles have an outside diameter which is variable along their axial extent in order to cooperate, preferably in a form-fitting manner, with different hole types.
Claims14
Bending pliers for perforated bone plates, comprising
- two jaws movable relative to one another, including a receiving jaw having two spaced-apart receptacles with an axial extent for insertion into holes of a bone plate to be received, the receptacles having an outside diameter which is variable along their axial extent in order to cooperate with different hole types;
- and a pressure-exerting jaw comprising a pressure-exerting element which, when the bending pliers are actuated, cooperates with a received bone plate in a region between the two receptacles.
A bending-pliers system comprising
- bending pliers having two jaws movable relative to one another, including a receiving jaw having two spaced-apart receptacles with an axial extent for insertion into holes of a bone plate to be received, and a pressure-exerting jaw comprising a pressure-exerting element which, when the bending pliers are actuated, cooperates with a received bone plate in a region between the two receptacles, the receptacles having an outside diameter which is variable along their axial extent in order to cooperate with different hole types;
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- at least two types of bone plates, each with a different hole type, or a bone plate with holes of different types.
Bending-pliers with jaws that are moveable relative to one another, comprising
- a first jaw having two spaced-apart receptacle portions for insertion into holes of a bone plate to be received, the receptacle portions each having a free end and an outside diameter that increases starting from the free end;
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- a second jaw supporting a counter-bearing element that cooperates upon actuation of the bending pliers with a received bone plate in a region between the two receptacle portions of the first jaw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.