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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2017
Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, IE;
Lindsay L. Gilson, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Jeffrey M. Walcutt, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Thomas E. Wogoman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Daren L. Deffenbaugh, Winona Lake, IN (US);
DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, IE;
Abstract
A surgical instrument extraction system includes a first extraction tool having a first body that extends between a first end and a second end. The first extraction tool has a first plurality of threads formed on the first end and a second plurality of threads formed on the second end. A second extraction tool has a second body that extends between a first end having a first diameter and a second end having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The second extraction tool has a first plurality of threads formed on the first end and a second plurality of threads formed on the second end The first body of the first extraction tool is sized to extend through a bore of the second extraction tool. The second body of the second extraction tool is sized to extend through a bore of the first extraction tool.