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US 5,688,276 AGranted
Adjustable implant holder instrument
OwnerBenjamin Shafferinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable implant holder instrument having a proximal handle with a movable actuator mechanism. An elongated shaft has a proximal end connected to the proximal handle and has a distal end pivotably interconnected with a holding member which removably carries a surgical implant. A connecting element transfers force, applied to the actuator mechanism, to the holding member to enable selective orientation of the holding member relative to the shaft.
Claims16
An adjustable holder instrument comprising:
- a proximal handle having a moveable actuating member;
- an elongated shaft having a proximal end connected to said proximal handle and having a distal end;
- threaded holding means for removably carrying a surgical interference screw, said holding means including a collar defining a threaded opening through which the screw is spirally insertable;
- pivot means for pivotably interconnecting said holding means with said distal end of said shaft;
- means, connecting said actuating member to said holding means, for transferring force, applied to said actuating member, to said holding means to enable selective orientation of said holding means relative to said shaft;
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- wherein said shaft is hollow and said means for transferring force travels within said shaft.
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A method of placing an implant into a patient, comprising:
- forming a first portal in soft tissue of a patient to access a bone of the patient;
- providing an adjustable implant holder instrument including:
- a proximal handle having a moveable actuating member;
- an elongated shaft having a proximal end connected to the proximal handle and having a distal end;
- threaded holding means for removably carrying a surgical implant;
- pivot means for pivotably interconnecting the holding member with the distal end of the shaft;
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- means, connecting the actuating member to the holding means, for transferring force, applied to the actuating member, to the holding means to enable selective orientation of the holding means relative to the shaft;
- placing an implant into the holding means so that the implant is removably carried by the holding means;
- forming a second portal in the soft tissue intersecting the first portal;
- inserting the holding means, carrying the implant, into the second portal;
- inserting a driver into the first portal;
- aligning the implant with the driver into the first portal;
- aligning the implant with the driver by selectively actuating the actuating member;
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- driving the implant into the bone.
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An adjustable implant holder instrument comprising:
- a proximal handle having a moveable actuating member;
- an elongated shaft having a proximal end connected to said proximal handle and having a distal end;
- a threaded collar which is capable of removably carrying a surgical implant, said collar defining a threaded opening through which the implant is spirally insertable;
- pivot means for pivotably interconnecting said holding member with said distal end of said shaft;
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- means, connecting said actuating member to said collar, for transferring force, applied to said actuating member, to said collar to enable selective orientation of said collar relative to said shaft.
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An adjustable implant holder instrument comprising:
- a proximal handle having a moveable actuating member, said handle defining a space within it through which said actuating member is longitudinally reciprocatable;
- an elongated shaft having a proximal end connected to said proximal handle and having a distal end;
- holding means for removably carrying a surgical implant;
- pivot means for pivotably interconnecting said holding member with said distal end of said shaft;
- means, connecting said actuating member to said holding means, for transferring force, applied to said actuating member, to said holding means to enable selective orientation of said holding means relative to said shaft;
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- said actuating member being a cylinder having means for releasably engaging said connecting means, and having an actuating element which projects laterally therefrom to enable manual actuation of said actuating member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.