Zimmer Gmbh

Peter E Darrigan

John Edward Meyers

Shaun R Cronin

Douglas G Branscome

Kelly A Timmons

Gary D Bos

Kimberly Les

Christopher M S Meek

Robert E Montgomery

Peter Stanley Walker

Justin James May

Clarence M Panchison

Kevin S Cook

G Douglas Letson

Joseph C Capek

Donald W Dye

Luke M Vaughan

Lawrence F Peek

Mary I O'Connor

Peter Choong

Dennis R Aquilo

Ernest U Conrad

Jay S Wunder

David H Anderson

Ernust U Conrad

A slap hammer tool and associated instrumentation to engage with the slap hammer tool are disclosed herein. In some examples, a slap hammer tool including an end adapted for engagement with a quick release connector of an instrument is provided. The instrument can be adapted to receive the distal end of the slap hammer for engagement, the engagement being provided through rotation of the slap hammer relative to the instrument. Once the slap hammer and instrument are engageably coupled, the slap hammer can be used to provide force and accompanying motion away from the instrument in the direction of the slap hammer instrument. Force can be provided by the slap hammer tool to a coupled instrument, for example, to move or extract the coupled instrument from placement on a surgical area.

Engageable slaphammer tool and instrumentation

An orthopedic tool for loosening the connection between orthopedic components. In one embodiment, the orthopedic tool includes a housing and a wedge. The housing has a head, an upper portion, a lower portion, and an opening between the upper and lower portions. The wedge is positioned at least partially between the upper portion and the lower portion of the housing and is actuatable to move toward the head of the housing. When at least a portion of the head of the housing is placed in mating engagement with the junction between two assembled orthopedic components, advancement of the wedge towards the head results in separation of the upper portion and lower portion of the housing. Thus, as the wedge is advanced toward the head, the upper and lower portions of the housing are separated, which results in corresponding separation of the assembled orthopedic components.

Orthopedic tool for altering the connection between orthopedic components

Methods and apparatuses for attaching tissue structures to orthopaedic implants. In one exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal tibial implant. In another exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal femoral implant.

Methods and apparatuses for attaching tissue to orthopaedic implants

Methods and apparatuses for attaching tissue structures to orthopedic implants. In one exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal tibial implant. In another exemplary embodiment, the methods and apparatuses are used to attach soft tissue and/or bone to a proximal femoral implant.

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Rockford, OH, United States of America

Peter E Darrigan