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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2004
Martin Padget, Valencia, CA (US);
Brad S. Culbert, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Martin Padget, Valencia, CA (US);
Brad S. Culbert, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Interventional Spine, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a deployment systems for deploying a bone fixation device. One embodiment of a deployment system includes a syringe-shaped body configured to provide proximal traction to a bone fixation device in response to a compressive force between a finger grip and a plunger adapted to be engaged by the heel of a clinician's hand. The device may include a collet for gripping a proximal pin of a fixation device. The deployment device may also include a tool that includes an elongate body with a distal tip adapted to rotationally engage a bone fixation device in order to axially rotate the fixation device. A further deployment device embodiment includes a cauterizing tip for heat-cutting an excess portion of a pin of a bone fixation device.