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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
Arnaud Aux Epaules, Saint Aubin sur Mer, FR;
Antoine Coustance, Hérouville St Clair, FR;
Arnaud Aux Epaules, Saint Aubin sur Mer, FR;
Antoine Coustance, Hérouville St Clair, FR;
Stryker Ireland Limited, , IE;
Abstract
A prosthetic acetabular cup inserter and impactor has a body, and a cup engaging element disposed at a first end of the body and adapted to engage an inner surface of a cup with which it is used via outward biasing of the cup engaging element. The cup engaging element increases in cross-sectional area from an inner end thereof to a fullest transverse section, and decreases in cross-sectional area from said fullest transverse section to an outer end thereof. The cup engaging element has a tapered central bore engaged by a conically tapered actuation element moveable in the bore. The cup engaging element has a slot therethrough allowing the element to resiliently expand on movement of the actuator in the bore.