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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
Mark Sommers, Beaverton, OR (US);
Blake Matsuzaki, Hilsboro, OR (US);
Matt Sucec, Portland, OR (US);
Brandon Wedam, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Michael Mcnamara, Anchorage, AK (US);
Mikhail Polyakov, Portland, OR (US);
Mark Sommers, Beaverton, OR (US);
Blake Matsuzaki, Hilsboro, OR (US);
Matt Sucec, Portland, OR (US);
Brandon Wedam, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Michael McNamara, Anchorage, AK (US);
Mikhail Polyakov, Portland, OR (US);
Other;
Abstract
An elevator assembly includes a vertical shaft carrying a lower horizontal jaw held in fixed position relative to the shaft. The shaft carries an horizontally extending dorsal plate that can adjust vertically relative to the lower jaw by means of the vertical shaft. A targeting wing couples to the elevator shaft and is selectively adjustable up and down along the shaft by means of an elevator adjustment screw. The targeting wing includes at least one horizontal slot that is adapted to slideably receive a soft tissue protector and needle assembly. The soft tissue protector can lock in the slot of the targeting wing by rotating its oval body about 90-degrees clockwise.