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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2018
Medos International Sàrl, Le Locle, CH;
Renaud Rouge, Le Locle, CH;
Henri Defossez, Neuchatel, CH;
Thibault Chandanson, Villers le lac, FR;
Joseph Caulfield, Galway, IE;
Daniel Lyness, Le Locle, CH;
Zoher Bootwala, Foxboro, MA (US);
Michael O'Neil, West Barnstable, MA (US);
Medos International Sàrl, Le Locle, CH;
Abstract
Devices and methods for bending or cutting implants are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a rotatable drive shaft that urges first and second portions of a modular bending or cutting template toward one another to bend or cut an implant disposed between the template portions. A linkage assembly can be included to provide a mechanical advantage in urging the template portions toward one another. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a rotatable drive shaft that, depending on direction of rotation, pushes or pulls a first modular template portion with respect to a second modular template portion to bend an implant disposed between the template portions in one direction or another direction. In some embodiments, an instrument can include a worm drive that rotates a cutting wheel with respect to a cutting plate to cut an implant inserted through openings formed in the cutting wheel and the cutting plate.