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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.:

US 12042197 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2019

Surgical screwdriver

Applicant:

Medacta International SA, Castel San Pietro, CH;

Inventors:

Luca Pagani, Castel San Pietro, CH;

Marco Riva, Castel San Pietro, CH;

Meinrad Fiechter, Castel San Pietro, CH;

Francesco Siccardi, Castel San Pietro, CH;

Assignee:

Medacta International SA, Castel San Pietro, CH;

Attorney:

Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC

Primary Examiner:

Marcela I Shirsat

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61C 1/18 (2006.01); B25B 9/00 (2006.01); B25B 13/10 (2006.01); B25B 13/48 (2006.01); B25B 13/50 (2006.01); B25B 15/00 (2006.01); B25B 23/00 (2006.01); B25B 23/142 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8888 (2013.01); B25B 13/481 (2013.01); B25B 15/008 (2013.01); B25B 23/0014 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00424 (2013.01); A61B 17/1624 (2013.01); A61B 17/1631 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2905 (2013.01); A61B 17/7082 (2013.01); A61B 17/808 (2013.01); A61B 17/8872 (2013.01); A61B 17/8875 (2013.01); A61B 2090/031 (2016.02); A61C 1/186 (2013.01); B25B 9/00 (2013.01); B25B 13/107 (2013.01); B25B 13/505 (2013.01); B25B 15/00 (2013.01); B25B 23/0007 (2013.01); B25B 23/0035 (2013.01); B25B 23/1427 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various implementations include a surgical screwdriver that comprises a first rotating shaft configured to be rotated about a respective longitudinal axis, a second rotating shaft extending along a respective development axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the first shaft and having a shaped end tip that can be inserted into the head of a screw, and a transmission member interposed between respective first ends of the shafts to transfer the rotation from the first shaft to the second shaft. The transmission member comprises a pair of hemispherical elements, hinged together about a respective junction axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first shaft, and each hemispherical element is in turn hinged to a first end of one of said shafts.

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