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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 29, 2024
Thompson Surgical Instruments, Inc., Traverse City, MI (US);
Paul Vanwagner, Kingsley, MI (US);
Adam Francis, Traverse City, MI (US);
William White, Traverse City, MI (US);
Thompson Surgical Instruments, Inc., Traverse City, MI (US);
Abstract
A surgical device includes a ratchet having pawls biased to a locked position in which the pawls prevent movement of a ratchet body along a rack. A pinion and a cam disc of the ratchet cooperate to selectively release the pawls from the rack and impart ratcheted movement of the ratchet body along the rack. Rotation of a handle rotates the pinion and the cam disc. Due to such rotation, the cam disc periodically releases the pawls from the rack, and the pinion imparts movement of the ratchet body along the rack during the periodic release of the pawls.