Morse taper
US4787907A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 3, 1987 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2310/00407
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An improved Morse taper consisting essentially of a male taper and a mating female taper, one of the tapers having a key recess at the periphery of a mating face such that a key can be inserted and rotated to force the segments longitudinally apart from its assembled embodiment such tapers are particularly useful in skeletal structures. A distraction key with a cam designed to fit in and rotate in the key recess is also described.
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