Femoral system handle surgical instrument and method of assembling same

US9554810B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY · IE

Inventors

• Craig S. Tsukayama · Fort Wayne, US
• Rebecca L. Chaney · Warsaw, US
• William R. Macumber · Edwardsburg, US
• Janelle M. Lubensky · Winona Lake, US
• Duncan Young · Wormald Green, GB
• Jonathan C. Lee · Mishawaka, US
• Jeffrey M. Walcutt · Fort Wayne, US
• Francisco A. Amaral · Acushnet, US
• Carl F. Livorsi · Lakeville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 31, 2017
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20396
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An orthopedic surgical instrument assembly includes a system handle configured to clamp a broach and femoral stem trial assembly. The system handle includes a clamp lever and a release lever both pivotally coupled to the system handle, and a leaf spring connecting the clamp lever and the release lever. When the release lever is moved from an unclamped position to a clamped position, the leaf spring is put in tension, and the clamp lever engages a flange of the broach, securing the broach to the system handle. Methods of assembling the system handle are described and claimed.