Drill/driver hybrid instrument for interphalangeal fusion
US10251656B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 26, 2017 |
| Grant date | Apr 9, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25F3/00
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Surgical techniques, instruments and systems for bone fusions and repairs (for example, phalangeal fusion) which allow alignment of small bones (for example, phalanges) without the use of guidewire and cannulated instrumentation such as, for example, drills and drivers, and cannulated screws. A drill/driver hybrid instrument (a combined drill/driver device) may be used in fusion of two small bones (for example, in interphalangeal fusion). One end of the hybrid instrument is provided with a plurality of flutes so that the instrument can be used as a drill to remove bone. The other end is shaped to mate with a device to be inserted intraarticularly (for example, interphalangeally), acting as a driver for that device.
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