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US 6,660,010 B2Granted
Bone anchor placement device with recessed anchor mount
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorBarry N. Gellman
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Abstract
A bone anchor placement device includes a handle and a shaft extending in a distal direction from the handle. A head is disposed at a distal end of the shaft and a retractable anchor driver is disposed within the head. The recessed anchor mount is operable to advance from the head during placement of an anchor in to a supporting structure. The recessed anchor mount is operable to retract into the head during insertion of the placement device within a human body. The recessed anchor mount may include a push wire for advancing and retracting the retractable anchor mount.
Claims8
A manual bone anchor placement device, comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft extending in a distal direction from the handle;
- a head assembly disposed at a distal end of the shaft;
- a recessed anchor mount movably disposed within the head assembly;
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- an actuation mechanism coupled to the recessed anchor mount wherein the actuation mechanism is selected from the group consisting of a push wire and a pull wire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.