Delivery apparatus, nozzle, and removable tip assembly
AssigneeTelios Orthopedic Systems, Inc.
InventorsRonnie Burchett, Randy Scot Wills
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Abstract
A bone cement delivery apparatus is provided. The delivery apparatus includes a delivery tube and a connector. The delivery tube has an inner wall providing an axial bore. The connector is provided at a proximal end of the delivery tube. The connector includes at least one receiving slot in the inner wall. The receiving slot includes a transverse portion comprising an override surface and a local recess which cooperate to removably mate the delivery tube and the connector with a bone cement dispensing apparatus.
Claims27
A bone cement delivery apparatus, comprising:
- a delivery tube having an inner wall providing an axial bore;
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- a connector at a proximal end of the delivery tube including at least one receiving slot in the inner wall, a transverse portion of the receiving slot including an override surface and a local recess which cooperate to removably mate the delivery tube and the connector with a nozzle having a nozzle connector, the nozzle communicating with a container that receives a load of bone cement.
A fluent material delivery apparatus, comprising:
- a tip having a delivery tube and a delivery tube connector, the delivery tube connector including at least one receiving slot provided in the delivery tube and having a transverse portion including an override surface and a local recess;
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- a nozzle having a nozzle connector, the nozzle communicating with a fluent material dispensing apparatus and the nozzle connector configured to removably mate with the delivery tube, connector, the nozzle connector including at least one node sized for slidable engagement with the receiving slot and operative to mate in interlocking engagement within the local recess of the transverse portion responsive to circumferential manipulation of the nozzle and the at least one node over the override surface of the at least one receiving slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.