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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2002
Robert J. Ball, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Jared Shoup, Tipp City, OH (US);
Robert J. Ball, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Jared Shoup, Tipp City, OH (US);
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An impacting device includes a hollow body and a movable member. The hollow body includes an inner chamber having an interior surface, the interior surface including at least one interference member extending radially inward therefrom. The hollow body also includes an impact surface at one end thereof. The movable member has a proximal impacting surface and is at least partly disposed within the hollow body. The movable member is movable with respect to the hollow body, and includes at least on interfering member configured to engage the at least one interference member of the hollow body The movable member is operable to move the interfering member past the interference member responsive to at least a first impacting force applied the proximal impacting surface