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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Joint Development, Llc, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventors:
James T. Grutta, Draper, UT (US);
Dermott J. McHugh, Seattle, WA (US);
Chris A. Weaber, Sandy, UT (US);
Assignee:
Joint Development, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320725 (2013.01); A61B 17/1659 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320008 (2013.01);
Abstract
The broach or rasp holder tool with reduced rasp moment includes an angled strike plate with an optional curved or spheroidal surface and/or an angled withdrawal plate having a contact surface for receiving a generally perpendicular strike force that generally aligns with a point along a rasp for substantially eliminating a moment applied thereto while broaching the intramedullary canal in preparation for implanting a prosthetic stem during joint replacement surgery.