Actuant Corporation

Gauthier Biomedical, Inc.

Cabot Technology Corporation

Austin R Braganza

Patrick J Radle

Micah L Maraia

David Lloyd Wiesemann

Daryl Charles Brockman

Christopher L Peterson

Anthony W Gilbert

Michael David Onachilla

Michael T Gauthier

Dean C Jeutter

Stacy Ann Gauthier

Mara C Schwartz

Kenneth A Roggow

John N Johnston

Chris L Peterson

James E Humphreys, Jr

Donna Allen

Kenneth C Osberg

A torque wrench for use in driving fasteners is provided. The wrench includes an electronics unit disposed within a housing engaged with the body of the wrench that is capable of sensing and measuring the torque applied to a fastener by the wrench and providing an output of the level of torque to the user. The data sensed by the electronics unit can be utilized to provide feedback to the user regarding the operation of the wrench, and to monitor the overall operation of the wrench for calibration purposes, among other functions. During use, the wrench can provide the user with visual, audible and tactile feedback regarding the operation of the device relative to stored maximum torque values stored in the electronics unit. The housing for the electronics unit can be formed to be a single use component of the tool or can be designed for multiple uses with a configuration that can be engaged with cradles forming the body of the wrench having various different configurations.

Electronic torque wrench

A reusable surgical implement is provided that is formed of a core positioned within an enclosure. The core is formed of a suitable flexible material to enable the implement, which can be any suitable device such as a reusable surgical trial implant, rod template or flex driver, among others, to be bent to conform to the desired shape for an actual implant to be placed in the location of the implement. The material forming the enclosure is also flexible to accommodate the flexing of the core, and is biologically inert to enable the implement to be sterilized after use for use in subsequent surgical procedures.

Reusable surgical implement

Pliers hammer head

Utility knife

Hand tool handle

Detector module

Screwdriver handle

Flashlight

Staple gun

A seal is adapted for use with a suction and/or irrigation device to prevent fluid flow through a flow passage defined in the device when an instrument is inserted therethrough. The seal includes a wall traversing the flow passage. A peripheral portion of the wall occupies a plane substantially perpendicular to of the flow passage and a central portion of the wall extends away from that plane in a direction toward the device's opening. The central portion of the wall is pierceable by an instrument and the central portion is adapted for sealing contact with an external surface of the instrument upon such insertion. A seal assembly and a suction-irrigation device are also described.

Instrument seal

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Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

Austin R Braganza