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US 2006/0149284 A1Published application
Insertion device and method for inserting a member within the body
AssigneeSDGI Holdings, Inc.
InventorsWilliam McCormack, Craig Squires
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Abstract
A device for positioning and attaching a member within a patient. The device includes a handle and a connector. The handle comprises relatively movable first and second sections. The connector includes an alignment surface that may have an outwardly-extending mount. The connector further includes a pair of arms having an abutting surface and an inner surface. The device is movable between a first orientation with the alignment surface and the arms spaced apart, and a second orientation with the alignment surface and arms working in combination to hold the member in two separate directions.
Claims55
A device to insert a member comprising:
- a handle having first and second relatively movable sections;
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- a connector mounted on a distal end of the handle, the connector comprising an axially-extending extension, and a pair of laterally-extending arms;
- the extension attached to the first section and the pair of arms pivotally attached to the second section, with relative movement between the first section and the second section causing lateral movement of the arms between a first orientation positioned in proximity to the extension and a second orientation positioned away from the extension.
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A device to insert a member comprising:
- a handle having a first section and a second section, the sections being relatively movable between first and second orientations;
- an extension mounted to the first section and having a substantially flat mounting surface to contact the member and a mount extending outward from the mounting surface;
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- arms each having a first end connected to the second section and a second end spaced from the first end to be aligned with the mounting surface, the second ends being in lateral proximity to the mounting surface in the first orientation, and the second ends being laterally spaced away from the mounting surface in the second orientation.
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A device to insert a member comprising:
- a handle having a first section and a second section, the sections being relatively movable between first and second orientations;
- an extension mounted to the first section and having a substantially flat mounting surface to contact the member;
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- arms each having a first end connected to the second section and a second end having an abutting surface and inner edges, in the first orientation the abutting surface being aligned in a first plane and the mounting surface aligning in a second plane and the inner edges being laterally spaced away from the mounting surface, and in the second orientation the abutting surface being aligned in the first plane and the mounting surface being aligned in a third plane axially outward a greater distance than the second plane and the inner edges being in lateral proximity to the mounting surface.
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A device to insert a member comprising:
- a handle having relatively movable first and second sections;
- a substantially flat mounting surface positioned on the distal end of the first section to contact the member;
- arms having a first end connected to the second section and a second end positioned outside of the mounting surface, the arms movable between a first orientation with the second ends in proximity to the mounting surface to contact the member, and a second orientation with the second ends spaced away from the mounting surface and the member.
A device to position a member within a human body comprising:
- a handle having a first section and a second section;
- an extension mounted to the second section and having a mounting surface on a distal end and a mount extending outward from the mounting surface to engage the member;
- arms having first ends mounted to the first section and second ends that extend outward beyond the handle;
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- the first and second sections being relatively movable to laterally position the arms between a first orientation with the second ends adjacent to the mount and a second orientation with the second ends spaced away from the mount.
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A device to position a member within an intervertebral space comprising:
- a handle comprising a first section and a second section;
- a pair of mounts extending outward from a distal end of the handle;
- a first jointed arm positioned on a first side of the handle, the first jointed arm comprising a first inner member jointedly mounted to a first outer member;
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- a second jointed arm positioned on a second side of the handle, the second jointed arm comprising a second inner member jointedly mounted to a second outer member;
- the first and second sections being relatively movable between a first orientation with the first and second outer members in proximity to the pair of mounts and a second orientation with the first and second outer member laterally spaced away from the pair of mounts.
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A device to position a member within an intervertebral space comprising:
- a handle comprising relatively movable inner and outer sections;
- a planar mounting surface positioned at a distal end of one of the inner and outer sections;
- a first jointed arm positioned on a first side of the handle, the first jointed arm comprising a first inner member jointedly mounted to a first outer member;
- a second jointed arm positioned on a second side of the handle, the second jointed arm comprising a second inner member jointedly mounted to a second outer member;
- the first and second jointed arms being connected to a second of the inner and outer sections, the inner and outer sections relatively movable between a first orientation with the first and second outer members in proximity to the handle and a second orientation with the first and second outer member laterally spaced away from the handle.
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A device to position a member comprising:
- an elongated handle having a first section and a second section;
- a planar alignment surface positioned at a distal end of the first section;
- a pair of arms each having a first end connected to the second section and a second end extending outward therefrom and having a contact surface on an inner edge, the pair of arms being laterally movable between an open orientation with the contact surfaces spaced from the alignment surface and a closed orientation with the contact surfaces in proximity to the alignment surface, in the open orientation the member is in contact with only the alignment surface, and in the closed orientation the member is contacted by the alignment surface and both of the inner contact surfaces.
A device to position a member comprising:
- an elongated handle having a first section and a second section;
- an enlarged alignment surface positioned at a distal end of the first section, the alignment surface being substantially flat and lies in a plane substantially perpendicular to a centerline of the first section.
- a pair of arms each having a first end connected to the second section and a second end extending outward therefrom and having a contact surface on an inner edge, the pair of arms being laterally movable between an open orientation with the contact surfaces spaced from the alignment surface and a closed orientation with the contact surfaces in proximity to the alignment surface.
A device to position a member comprising:
- an elongated handle having a first section and a second section, the first and second sections being relatively movable between a first orientation and a second orientation;
- an alignment surface at a distal end of the first section;
- a pair of arms positioned on outer sides of the alignment surface, each pair of arms having a first end connected to the second section and a second end extending outward therefrom and having a contact surface on an inner edge;
- the contact surfaces being spaced from the alignment surface in the first orientation such that the member is in contact with the alignment surface, and the contact surfaces being in proximity to the alignment surface in the second orientation such that the member is in contact with the alignment surface and the contact surfaces.
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A device to position a member comprising:
- an elongated handle having a first section and a second section;
- a planar alignment surface positioned at a distal end of the first section;
- a pair of arms each having a first end connected to the second section and a second end extending outward therefrom and having a contact surface on an inner edge, the pair of arms being laterally movable between an open orientation with the contact surfaces spaced from the alignment surface and a closed orientation with the contact surfaces in proximity to the alignment surface, in the open orientation the member is in contact with only the alignment surface, and in the closed orientation the member is contacted by the alignment surface and both of the inner contact surfaces.
A device to position a member comprising:
- an elongated handle having a first section and a second section;
- an enlarged alignment surface positioned at a distal end of the first section, the alignment surface being substantially flat and lies in a plane substantially perpendicular to a centerline of the first section.
- a pair of arms each having a first end connected to the second section and a second end extending outward therefrom and having a contact surface on an inner edge, the pair of arms being laterally movable between an open orientation with the contact surfaces spaced from the alignment surface and a closed orientation with the contact surfaces in proximity to the alignment surface.
A method of attaching a member to a device, the method comprising the steps of:
- engaging a first surface on a distal end of a first handle section with the member;
- axially moving a proximal section of the first handle section relative to a proximal section of a second handle section;
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- laterally engaging a pair of arms on a distal end of the second handle section with the member.
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A method of attaching a member to a device, the method comprising the steps of:
- extending a distal section of a first handle outward from a distal section of a second handle;
- engaging a contact surface on the distal section of the first handle with the member;
- axially moving the second handle relative to the first handle causing a pair of arms on the distal section of the second handle to laterally move inward and contact the member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.