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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2018
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Jason M. Chavarria, Leesburg, IN (US);
Jeremiah M. Lewis, Leesburg, IN (US);
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
An orthopaedic surgical instrument including a shaft including a head sized to be received in the socket of a medical device is disclosed. The orthopaedic surgical instrument includes a retaining flange that is rotatable relative to the head about an axis between a first position in which a tip of the retaining flange is aligned with the head and a second position in which the tip of the retaining flange is received in one of a number of apertures of the medical device when the head of the shaft is received in the socket of the medical device. A system and method including the orthopaedic surgical instrument are also disclosed.