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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Brian A. Butler, Atoka, TN (US);
Aubrey R. Mills, Memphis, TN (US);
Christel Italiaie, Memphis, TN (US);
Bret M. Wilfong, Hernando, MS (US);
Madeline G. Wilson, Memphis, TN (US);
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
Systems, instruments, and methods for operating a surgical instrument. The methods comprising: receiving at least a portion of an external object in a recess of a hollow shank; rotating a first shaft disposed within the hollow shank; using rotation of the first shaft to cause translational movement of a second shaft of the surgical instrument in a first direction away from the first shaft and along a central axis of the surgical instrument; applying a pushing force on the external object using the second shaft that is experiencing the translational movement; and causing translational movement of the second shaft in a second direction opposed from the first direction after the pushing force has been applied to the external object.