Stryker Corporation

Aaron Levi Hoffmann

James G Walen

Clifford Edwin Lambarth

Jason James Wroblewski

Shammodip Roy

Robin B W Babaris

Derek F Nelson

Steven M Rolfsen, Jr

John Andrew Snodgrass

Robin BW Babaris

A milling module for converting bone stock into bone chips comprises a shell adapted for releasable attachment to a base module. The shell has an inlet opening through which bone stock is introduced into the shell and an outlet opening through which bone chips are discharged from the shell. A milling element is moveably disposed in the shell between the inlet opening and the outlet opening for converting bone stock into bone chips. The shell includes a base adapted for releasable attachment to the base module. The base includes the outlet opening and a lid removably attached thereto. The lid includes the inlet opening of the shell. The base and the lid are collectively configured so that removal of the lid from the base allows the milling element to be accessed.

Bone mill with an accessible milling element

A surgical footswitch for controlling a surgical instrument. The surgical footswitch includes a base. A treadle is rotatably coupled to the base to operate the surgical instrument. A foot guard is also rotatably coupled to the base. A blocking portion of the foot guard is configured to prevent physical access to the treadle in a lateral direction in a first position and permit access to the treadle in a lateral direction in a second position. A floor engagement portion of the foot guard engages a floor surface when the blocking portion is in the first position. The floor engagement portion is spaced from the floor surface when the blocking portion is in the second position. The floor engagement portion permits physical access to the treadle in a longitudinal direction when the blocking portion is in both the first position and the second position.

Footswitch for controlling surgical instruments and related accessories

A milling module () for converting bone stock into bone chips comprises a shell () adapted for releasable attachment to a base module (). The shell has an inlet opening () through which bone stock is introduced into the shell and an outlet opening () through which bone chips are discharged from the shell. A milling element () is moveably disposed in the shell between the inlet opening and the outlet opening for converting bone stock into bone chips. The shell includes abase () adapted for releasable attachment to the base module. The base includes the outlet opening and a lid () removably attached thereto. The lid includes the inlet opening of the shell. The base and the lid are collectively configured so that removal of the lid from the base allows the milling element to be accessed.

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Plainwell, MI, United States of America

Aaron Levi Hoffmann