Surgical instrument for driving and rotating a long bone prosthe

Details Surgical instrument for driving and rotating a long bone prosthe Surgical instrument for driving and rotating a long bone prosthe

1994-09-06

1996-05-07

Thaler, Michael H.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 86, A61B 1792, A61B 1788

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055141366

ABSTRACT:
A surgical instrument for driving and rotating a prosthesis of the type having a stem for implanting into a bone, and a neck extending from the stem. The surgical instrument includes a shaft having a first end for engaging the prosthesis, having a second end, and having an axis between the first and second ends; and a bracket adjustably attached to the shaft so that the relative position between the shaft and the bracket can be adjusted, and for gripping the neck of the prosthesis so that force applied along the axis of the shaft toward the first end of the shaft will drive the prosthesis into the bone and so that rotational force applied to the axis of the shaft will rotate the prosthesis.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5064427 (1991-11-01), Burkinshaw

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