Taper sleeve extractor
AssigneeDePuy Products, Inc.
InventorsDAVID W. DANIELS, REBECCA D. NOFTZ, JOEL C. RHOADES, DANIEL N. HUFF
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Abstract
A kit for use in orthopaedic surgery. The kit includes a plurality of heads, at least two of the plurality of heads having a different diameter. Each of the plurality of heads includes a female taper. The kit further includes a plurality of sleeves, at least two of the plurality of sleeves having a different size. Each of the plurality of sleeves has a male taper. An extractor tool is also included and has a handle and a plurality of tips, each of the plurality of tips including a flexible portion.
Claims14
A kit for use in orthopaedic surgery comprising:
- a plurality of heads, at least two of the plurality of heads having a different diameter, each of the plurality of heads including a female taper;
- a plurality of sleeves, at least two of the plurality of sleeves having a different size, each of the plurality of sleeves having a male taper;
- an extractor tool, the extractor tool including a handle and a plurality of tips, each of the plurality of tips including a flexible portion.
A method for removing a first orthopaedic component from a second orthopaedic component, the first and second orthopaedic components being joined via a taper lock, the method comprising:
- providing an extractor tool having a handle and an extractor tip, the extractor tip having a flexible portion;
- inserting the flexible portion of the extractor tip through a bore in the first component;
- snapping the flexible portion open;
- exerting a force against the handle of the extractor tool, thereby loosening the taper between the first and second components;
- and
- holding the first component in place while the second component falls away, thereby removing the first component from the second component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.