Impacting device and method
AssigneeSynthes USA, LLC
InventorsMarkus Büttler, Patrick Streff
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Abstract
An impacting device for inserting, positioning and/or removing an implant and/or performing other impacting applications. The impacting device may have a head having at least one recess. The recess may have a insertion channel and a locking chamber. In one embodiment, the insertion channel and the locking chamber may be connected by an axial channel. The recess may pass through a lateral surface of the head so that the base surface may remain cohesive or unobstructed. A guide means, such as a guide rod, may be positioned though the recess so that the head may be moveable on the guide means and not disengage the guide means. A shaft having a handle may be attached to the head to assist a surgeon in moving the head on the guide means.
Claims7
An impacting device comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical head having a longitudinal axis, a lateral surface and at least one base surface;
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- a recess positioned in the head having a first channel and a second channel, the first and second channels being separated a distance from each other and operably connected to each other via a third channel connecting the first and second channels, wherein the first and second channels intersect the lateral surface but not the base surface, wherein the third channel is an axial channel extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein the first channel includes a first end exposed to an exterior of the head and a second end connected to a first end of the third channel, and wherein the second channel includes a first end connected to a second end of the third channel and a second end covered by the head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.