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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2018
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Scott Dykema, Warsaw, IN (US);
Brian Edward Roach, Osceola, IN (US);
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An impactor tool can include a handle, an impactor, a lock, an actuator, and a pin. The impactor can be coupled to the handle. The lock can be extendable from the impactor to engage an implant and retractable into the impactor to secure the lock and the impactor to the implant. The actuator can protrude from the impactor and can be coupled to the lock. The actuator can include a cam defined by a channel extending through the actuator. The pin can be coupled to the lock and disposed within the cam channel, where the actuator can be operable along a path defined by the cam and the pin to extend and retract the lock.