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US 6,656,190 B2Granted
Implant prehension device
AssigneeSpinevision S. A.
InventorDominique Petit
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Abstract
A prehension device for grasping an implant, implanting the implant and manipulating the implant including prehension means intended to cooperate with receiving means, wherein the prehension means has a form shaped like an arc of a circle, the peripheral edges of which are provided with at least one peripheral chamfer. The invention also pertains to a surgical instrument equipped with a prehension device and to an implant equipped with a prehension device.
Claims9
A prehension device for grasping an implant, implanting the implant and manipulating the implant, comprising:
- prehension means cooperative with receiving means of the implant, wherein prehension means has in longitudinal section an arc-shaped form, the peripheral edges of which are provided with at least one peripheral chamfer and the arc-shaped form has at one end at least one cylinder.
A surgical instrument comprising:
- at least one prehension device for grasping an implant, implanting the implant and manipulating the implant, comprising:
- prehension means cooperative with receiving means of the implant, wherein prehension means has in longitudinal section an arc-shaped form, the peripheral edges of which are provided with at least one peripheral chamfer and the arc-shaped form has at one end at least one cylinder.
An implant comprising:
- receiving means for cooperative use with at least one prehension device for grasping an implant, implanting the implant and manipulating the implant, comprising:
- prehension means cooperative with receiving means of implant, wherein prehension means has in longitudinal section an arc-shaped form, the peripheral edges of which are provided with at least one peripheral chamfer and the arc-shaped form has at one end at least one cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.