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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventor:
Russell W. Wade, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0682 (2013.01); A61B 17/0642 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for deploying a staple into desired bone has a staple cartridge for retaining a bone staple and a spring-loaded plunger shaft having a distal end proximal to the bone staple, the plunger shaft being retained in a proximal orientation by a latch. Squeezing a trigger releases the latch, so that the plunger shaft moves to its distal position, striking the staple and deploying the staple distally into a bone site. An additional method step, in the event that one wishes to deploy a differently sized staple, involves detaching the staple cartridge from the device and attaching a differently-sized staple cartridge to the device.