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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2002
Timothy G. Vendrely, Warsaw, IN (US);
Samuel G. Sackett, Ft. Wayne, IN (US);
Leslie J. Ungers, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Timothy G. Vendrely, Warsaw, IN (US);
Samuel G. Sackett, Ft. Wayne, IN (US);
Leslie J. Ungers, Cincinnati, OH (US);
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A bone cement mixing apparatus includes a bowl, an attachable/detachable lid, and a handle extending from the bowl. The bowl incorporates a bone cement vapor removal system that allows the extraction of bone cement vapors or fumes even after the lid has been detached from the bowl. Such extraction of vapors may be continuous. The vapor removal system is coupled to a vacuum source. The handle is ergonomically shaped and incorporates vacuum tubing that couples the bone cement vapor removal system of the bowl with the vacuum source.