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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Hip Innovation Technology, Llc, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Inventors:
Zafer Termanini, Port Saint Lucie, FL (US);
Brian Vanhiel, Smyrna, GA (US);
Linda Braddon, Canton, GA (US);
Assignee:
HIP INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4637 (2013.01); A61F 2/4609 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30649 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3483 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4641 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical tool for extracting an acetabular ball from an acetabular cup in an implanted hip prosthesis wherein the acetabular ball is affixed by means of a Morse taper to a stem extending from bottom of the concave portion of the acetabular cup. The surgical tool enables a surgeon to remove the ball without pulling on the acetabular cup and without disrupting any bone ingrowth because the tool maintains pressure on the cup while exerting an opposing pressure pulling on the ball.