Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical tool release mechanism
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Application No.: US16629455Application Date: 2018-06-26
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Publication No.: US11213301B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: James Anderson , Alec Birkbeck , Ian Flatters , David Horne
- Applicant: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
- Applicant Address: IE County Cork
- Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
- Current Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: IE County Cork
- Agent Cynthia K. Barnett
- Priority: GB1711177 20170712
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/067076 WO 20180626
- International Announcement: WO2019/011647 WO 20190117
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00 ; A61B17/16

Abstract:
The invention provides a reamer handle comprising: a shank having a distal tool coupling end adapted to releasably couple to a part of a surgical tool and a proximal end; a retractable catch which is linearly displaceable along the shank between a non-retracted position in which the catch captures the surgical tool within the distal tool coupling end of the tool holder and a retracted position in which the catch enables the tool to be released from the distal tool coupling end; a biasing member configured to bias the catch in the non-retracted position; and a sleeve extending along the shank. The sleeve comprises: a distally located catch contacting portion and a proximally located handle portion for manually displacing the sleeve relative to the shank such that displacement of the catch contacting portion moves the retractable catch between the non-retracted position and the retracted position to enable capture and release of the tool from the tool holder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200163683A1 SURGICAL TOOL RELEASE MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2020-05-28
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