Bone staple storage, inserter, and method for use therewith
AssigneeOrthohelix Surgical Designs, Inc.
InventorsCAITLIN MILLER, BRIAN HOCKETT, ELLEN POKORNEY, ANDREW LEITHER
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Abstract
The invention comprises a fusion implant system for a generally u-shaped bone staple in which the staple is provided on a storage block with the two side legs in an un-splayed position, and an inserter having two triangular shaped pivoting handles has detachable tips that engage the staple on the storage block such that when the handles are aligned one over the other in a congruent position, the tips force the side legs into a splayed configuration at 90° and a sliding block holds the handles in this position to allow the staple to removed from the storage block and tamped using the inserter handles into respective bone.
Claims18
A fusion implant system comprising a staple having a central web and a first leg and a second leg where each of the first leg and the second leg form an angle of less than 90° relative to the central web, and an inserter having a first handle joined by a pivot to a second handle and having a right tip and a left tip which capture the staple wherein the first and second leg of the staple splay to a perpendicular position relative to the central web when the first handle is in an opening alignment relative to the second handle.
A method of enabling a surgery comprising
- providing a surgical caddy including a fusion implant system comprising a plurality of staples in a variety of sizes, each staple having a central web and a first leg with a first set of barbs and a second leg with a second set of barbs, a storage member which houses the staple in a position with the first and second leg at an angle of less than 90° relative to the central web, and an inserter having a first handle having a first shape joined by a pivot to a second handle having a shape that is the same as the first shape, and the first handle having a first tip and the second handle having a second tip which cooperate to capture the staple wherein the first and second leg of the staple splay to a perpendicular position relative to the central web when the first handle is in a congruent alignment over the second handle.
A method of performing a surgery comprising using a staple system wherein the staple has a central web and a first leg with a first set of barbs and a second leg with a second set of barbs and the staple is stored on a storage member which houses the staple in a position with the first and second leg at an angle of less than 90° relative to the central web, and using a staple inserter having a first handle having a first triangular shape joined by a pivot to a second handle having a shape that is the same as the first shape, and the first handle having a first detachable tip and the second handle having a second detachable tip which cooperate to capture the staple wherein the first and second leg of the staple splay to a perpendicular position relative to the central web when the first handle is moved using a single hand to a congruent alignment over the second handle and a sliding lock springs into a position to lock the handles in the congruent alignment whereby the staple can be tamped into adjacent bone segments using tamping surfaces on the end of the first triangular shaped handle and the second triangular shaped handle.
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