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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
May. 15, 2003
Applicant:
David A. Hanson, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Inventor:
David A. Hanson, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer Spine, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical instrument suitable for use in an implant procedure is disclosed. A surgical instrument of the invention can be particularly advantageous for use in grasping, holding and placement of implants in an intervertebral disc space. In a typical embodiment, the surgical instrument has a grasping region to hold the implant, and an impact head for receiving a force in order to insert the implant.