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US 2010/0111631 A1Published application
Tool for Finishing the Ends of Surgical Rods and Methods of Use
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorsHai H. Trieu, Jeff R. Justis
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Abstract
An apparatus for finishing an end of a rod including a shaping tool comprising a shaping assembly having a shaping housing and a shaping surface within the housing configured to engage an end of a rod and form a shaped rod end. The apparatus further including a finishing tool comprising a finishing assembly having a finishing surface for changing the contour of the shaped rod end to form a finished rod end.
Claims20
An apparatus for finishing an end of a rod comprising:
- a shaping tool comprising:
- a shaping assembly including a shaping housing and a shaping surface within the housing configured to engage an end of a rod and form a shaped rod end;
- and
- a finishing tool comprising:
- a finishing assembly including a finishing surface for changing the contour of the shaped rod end to form a finished rod end.
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An apparatus for finishing an end of a rod comprising:
- a cutting tool comprising:
- a cutting assembly configured to sever a rod;
- a shaping tool comprising:
- a shaping assembly including a housing and a shaping surface within the housing, wherein the shaping surface is configured to remove material from an end of the rod and form a shaped rod end;
- and
- a finishing tool comprising:
- a finishing assembly including a broaching assembly for changing a contour of the shaped rod end to form a finished rod end.
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A method of finishing an end of a surgical rod comprising:
- cutting a surgical rod to be implanted to form a surgical rod having a cut rod end;
- shaping the cut rod end by changing the contour of the cut rod end and forming a shaped rod end;
- and
- finishing the surgical rod by changing the contour of the shaped rod end to form a finished rod end.
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