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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2016
Stryker European Holdings I, Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Matthias Paulisch, Solothurn, CH;
Nicholas Morfing, Nidau, CH;
Jakob Kemper, Lo Barnechea, CL;
Julien Borgnard, Goven, FR;
Benoit Landais, Chateaubourg, FR;
Franck Day, St MĂ©dard sur Ille, FR;
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
Surgical tools and methods of their use are provided. A surgical tool includes first and second working members, first and second handle arms, a handle post having first and second ends, the second end confronting the second handle arm, and a ratchet coupled to one of the first and second handle arms and engageable with the other of the first and second handle arms. Movement of the first handle arm with respect to the second handle arm causes movement of the first working member with respect to the second working member. A force applied to the handle post causes the first working member to move in a first direction with respect to the second working member. The ratchet is configured to temporarily prevent the first and second working members from moving with respect to one another.