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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2022
Loci Orthopaedics Limited, Galway, IE;
Gerry Clarke, County Galway, IE;
Fiona Mangan, County Limerick, IE;
Filip Stockmans, Heule Kortrijk, BE;
Arnold-Peter C. Weiss, Barrington, RI (US);
Amy L. Ladd, Stanford, CA (US);
Brendan Boland, County Kildare, IE;
Loci Orthopaedics Limited, Galway, IE;
Abstract
A set of tools for installation of a stem implant into a bone comprises a stem-shaped priming tool () having a distal tip () and a plurality of cutting teeth () along a length thereof and a plurality of stem-shaped broaches () of different size. Each of the broaches have a distal tip and a plurality of cutting teeth along a length thereof. The priming tool () is shorter than, has more cutting teeth () per unit length, and has a sharper distal tip () than the smallest broach.