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US 2014/0276874 A1Published application
Acetabular cup impactor
AssigneeIn'Tech Medical, Inc.
InventorsLaurent PRUVOST, Xavier LEROY
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Abstract
An acetabular cup impactor for surgery. The impactor has a handle, a bow arm and a prehension fastener secured to the bow arm opposite the handle. An elongated spine extends within the length of the bow arm between the handle and the prehension fastener. In use, the elongated spine rotates with respect to the bow arm and causes corresponding rotation of the prehension fastener with respect to the bow arm.
Claims20
An apparatus for surgery, the apparatus comprising:
- an elongated bow arm comprising a substantially arced shape, the elongated bow comprising an elongated channel extending between a proximal end and a distal end;
- a handle comprising a central axis and being rotatably secured with respect to the elongated bow arm proximal end;
- a spine received within the elongated bow arm channel and comprising at least one rigid rod comprising a distal end and a proximal end and having a shape that substantially follows the substantially arced elongated bow arm, the spine being offset from the handle axis and being rotatably secured with respect to the handle.
An apparatus for surgery, the apparatus comprising:
- a spine comprising at least one rigid rod comprising:
- a proximal section and a distal section separated by a horizontal axis,
- a linear incline section extending from the proximal section along an axis oblique to the horizontal axis, and
- a linear decline section extending toward the distal section along an axis oblique to the horizontal axis;
- a rotatable handle comprising a central axis and being rotatably secured with respect to the spine proximal end, the at least one rigid rod being offset from the rotatable handle central axis.
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A method for performing surgery, the method comprising:
- removably securing an medical insert to a prehension fastener, the prehension fastener being removably secured to the distal end of a spine received within a bow arm comprising a distal end and a proximal end, the spine comprising at least one rigid rod comprising:
- a proximal section and a distal section separated by a horizontal axis,
- a linear incline section extending from the proximal section along an axis oblique to the horizontal axis, and
- a linear decline section extending toward the distal section along an axis oblique to the horizontal axis;
- rotatably securing a rotatable handle to the proximal end of the bow arm;
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- controlling the rotation of the prehension fastener by rotating the rotatable handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.