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US 9,833,339 B2Granted
Insert press and related method
AssigneeZimmer, Inc.
InventorsRolf Froidevaux, Paul Borries
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Abstract
An insert press that has a threaded shaft with a distal end is disclosed. An insert driver is disposed at the distal end of the threaded shaft. The insert press also includes a press housing that provides a bore through which the threaded shaft extends. The bore is transformable from a first condition in which the threaded shaft is threadably translatable in the bore to a second condition in which the threaded shaft is non-threadably translatable in the bore.
Claims17
An insert press, comprising:
- a threaded shaft having a distal end;
- an insert driver disposed at the distal end of the threaded shaft;
- and
- a press housing providing a bore through which the threaded shaft extends, the bore transformable from a first condition in which the threaded shaft is threadably translatable in the bore to a second condition in which the threaded shaft is non-threadably translatable in the bore,
- wherein the bore is transformable from the first condition to the second condition by straight linear movement of a first wall section of the bore in a first direction along a first plane, the first wall section having a surface with non-circumferential threads, the bore including a second wall section opposite the first wall section which moves concurrently with the first wall section in the first direction along the first plane when transforming the bore from the first condition to the second condition.
2 more elements
An insert press, comprising:
- a threaded shaft having a distal end;
- an insert driver disposed at the distal end of the threaded shaft;
- and
- a press housing providing a bore through which the threaded shaft extends, the bore transformable from a first condition in which the threaded shaft is threadably translatable in the bore to a second condition in which the threaded shaft is non-threadably translatable in the bore, wherein the press housing comprises:
- a lower member having a forward end and a rear end;
- a handle member having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the distal end extends from the rear end of the lower member;
- a body member having a threaded shaft end and a handle end, wherein the handle end extends from the proximal end of the handle member;
- and
- a trigger member engaging the body member and movable relative to the body member.
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An insert press, comprising:
- a threaded shaft having a distal end;
- an insert driver disposed at the distal end of the threaded shaft;
- and
- a press housing providing a bore through which the threaded shaft extends, the bore transformable from a first condition in which the threaded shaft is threadably translatable in the bore to a second condition in which the threaded shaft is non-threadably translatable in the bore, the press housing including a body member having a threaded shaft end and a handle end, the press housing further including a trigger member engaging the body member and movable relative to the body member, wherein the body member provides a bore surface having non-circumferential threads and the trigger member provides a bore surface having non-circumferential threads and wherein, when the bore is transformed into the first condition, the non-circumferential threads of the body member engage the threaded shaft and the non-circumferential threads of the trigger member engage the threaded shaft.
1 more element
An insert press, comprising:
- a threaded shaft having a distal end;
- an insert driver disposed at the distal end of the threaded shaft;
- and
- a press housing providing a bore through which the threaded shaft extends, the bore transformable from a first condition in which the threaded shaft is threadably translatable in the bore to a second condition in which the threaded shaft is non-threadably translatable in the bore, the press housing including a body member having a threaded shaft end and a handle end, the press housing further including a trigger member engaging the body member and movable relative to the body member, wherein the trigger member further comprises an aperture through which the threaded shaft extends, wherein the aperture and the bore are coaxial, the aperture sized to allow the threaded shaft to non-threadably translate in the bore when the bore is in the second condition.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.