Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bone fixation tool
- Patent Title (中): 骨固定工具
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Application No.: US12787518Application Date: 2010-05-26
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Publication No.: US08221433B2Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Antony J. Lozier , Daniel P. Murphy
- Applicant: Antony J. Lozier , Daniel P. Murphy
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Agency: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B17/58
- IPC: A61B17/58 ; A61B17/60 ; A61F2/00

Abstract:
A tool and a method are provided for driving a bone pin into a fractured bone to stabilize the fractured bone by maintaining the fractured bone in a reduced state. The tool may be a handheld device including a cartridge having at least one passageway that receives the bone pin. The tool may also include a pneumatically-powered piston having a needle that is sized for receipt within the passageway of the cartridge, the needle applying sufficient force to the bone pin to drive the bone pin out of the cartridge and into the fractured bone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100305624A1 BONE FIXATION TOOL Public/Granted day:2010-12-02
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