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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2010
Joseph Petrzelka, Cambridge, MA (US);
Manas Menon, Boston, MA (US);
Suresh Agarwal, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Dimitris Chatzigeorgiou, Somerville, MA (US);
Michelle Lustrino, Cambridge, MA (US);
Clara Stefanov-wagner, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph Petrzelka, Cambridge, MA (US);
Manas Menon, Boston, MA (US);
Suresh Agarwal, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Dimitris Chatzigeorgiou, Somerville, MA (US);
Michelle Lustrino, Cambridge, MA (US);
Clara Stefanov-Wagner, Cambridge, MA (US);
Charles River Engineering Solutions and Technologies, LLC, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are embodiments of an articulating tool having a head that articulates and is capable of maintaining an angle for drilling or placing a fastener into a bone. The articulating tool includes a housing, an articulating head, a rotatable drive shaft, and a driver tip connected to the distal shaft portion. The articulating tool may be constructed and arranged to move between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position and the second position the articulating head and the rotatable drive shaft are at different angles with respect to the longitudinal axis of the housing.