Patella orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly

US8979854B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY · IE

Inventors

• Abraham P. Wright · Winona Lake, US
• Kyle B. Thomas · Denver, US
• Olen J. Borkholder · Warsaw, US
• Kent Whitton · Warsaw, US
• Duncan Young · Wormald Green, GB
• Rusty T. Meier · Warsaw, US
• Jeffrey B. Waffensmith · Robbinsdale, US
• Matthew V. Leyden · Windom, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 5, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/0046
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly including a handle and a plurality of surgical tools configured to be selectively coupled with the handle. The handle includes a housing and a lever moveably coupled to the housing. Each surgical tool of the plurality of surgical tools includes a first clamping element and a second clamping element configured to move relative to the first clamping element. The second clamping element is configured to be coupled to the lever such that moving the lever relative to the housing advances the second clamping element toward the first clamping element to clamp a bone of a patient.