Surgical Tool
AssigneeRetrospine Pty Ltd
InventorKEVIN SEEX
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Abstract
A surgical tool for use in gaining access to the spine and including a part which is arranged to avoid other anatomical structures when the tool is in use; the tool comprising: a distal working end formation, a proximal end and intermediate said ends a formation displaced from a longitudinal axis and extending between said distal and proximal ends wherein the displaced formation is arranged to avoid said other anatomical structures anatomy during use of the working end of the tool.
Claims27
A surgical tool for use in gaining access to a spine, the surgical tool comprising:
- a handle having a longitudinal axis;
- a post having a free end and a longitudinal axis;
- a joining member and an arm, said joining member having a first end connected to the post and a second end connected to the arm, the joining member and the arm being offset from the longitudinal axis of the post to avoid anatomical structures during use of a working formation, wherein the arm lies along the longitudinal axis of the handle;
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- said working formation being connected to the arm such that the working formation lies along the longitudinal axis of the post, wherein the working formation is detachably connected to the arm such that a first working formation can be interchanged with a second working formation, in connection to the arm.
A surgical tool for use in gaining access to a spine, the surgical tool comprising:
- a handle having a longitudinal axis;
- a post having a free end and a longitudinal axis;
- a joining member and an arm, said joining member having a first end connected to the post and a second end connected to the arm, the joining member and the arm defining a region that is offset from the longitudinal axis of the post to avoid anatomical structures during use of a working formation, wherein the arm lies along the longitudinal axis of the handle;
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- said working formation being connected to the arm such that the working formation lies along the longitudinal axis of the post.
A surgical tool for use in gaining access to a spine, the surgical tool comprising:
- a handle having a longitudinal axis;
- a post having a free end and a longitudinal axis;
- a joining member and an arm, said joining member having a first end connected to the post and a second end connected to the arm, the joining member and the arm being offset from the longitudinal axis of the post to avoid anatomical structures during use of a working formation, wherein a first portion of the arm comprising a length that is offset from the longitudinal axis and a second portion of the arm comprising a length that lies on the longitudinal axis of the post, the length of the first portion of the arm being greater than the length of the second portion of the arm, wherein the arm lies along the longitudinal axis of the handle;
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- wherein the working formation is connected to the arm such that the working formation lies along the longitudinal axis of the post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.