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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2015
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Antony J. Lozier, Warsaw, IN (US);
Daniel P. Murphy, Warsaw, IN (US);
Matthew Prygoski, Warsaw, IN (US);
Michael Giordano, Osceola, IN (US);
Donald L. Yakimicki, Warsaw, IN (US);
Jeffrey Bassett, Jupiter, FL (US);
Michael Scott Collins, San Marcos, CA (US);
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A orthopedic tool () for bone fixation is 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 magazine () having a plurality of passageways () containing one or more bone pins () positioned within the passageways. The tool may also include a pneumatically—powered piston () having a projection () that is sized for receipt within the plurality of passageways, the projection applying sufficient force to the bone pin to drive the bone pin out of the magazine and into the fractured bone.