Patent · US Active

Impacting device and method

US8080015B2 · kind B2 · utility

16Cited by

14References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Synthes USA, LLC · US

Inventors

Markus Buttler · Oensingen, CH
Patrick Streff · Weil am Rhein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 5, 2006
Grant date	Dec 20, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 17, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/70
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

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.

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