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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2015
Biomet Uk Healthcare Limited, Bridgend, GB;
Jonathan James Slade, South Wales, GB;
Robert John Andrew Bigsby, South Wales, GB;
Biomet UK Healthcare Limited, , GB;
Abstract
An instrument () for manipulating a prosthetic implant () the instrument comprising: an attachment element (), operable to engage the Implant; an actuation rod (SO), a distal end () of which is connected to the attachment element; and a stem (), the actuation rod being at least partially moveably received within the stem, wherein the attachment element is bendable between a first position in which the attachment element does not engage the implant and a second position in which the attachment element engages the Implant, the actuation rod being configured so as to selectively bend the attachment element between the first and second positions upon movement of the actuation rod.