Patent · US Active

Impacting device and method

US8845651B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 17, 2011
Grant date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 17, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

An impacting device including a head having a longitudinal axis, a lateral surface and a base surface. The impacting device also includes a recess positioned in the head having a first channel and a second channel, the first and second channels being operably connected to each other. The first and second channels are at an angle with respect to each other when viewed in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis.

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