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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Robert A. Rabiner, Tiverton, RI (US);
Gene P. Dipoto, Upton, MA (US);
Jeffrey P. Broussaeau, Barrington, RI (US);
Augustus C. Shanahan, Newton, MA (US);
Chi Yin Wong, Canton, MA (US);
Anthony T. O'leary, Walpole, MA (US);
Robert A. Rabiner, Tiverton, RI (US);
Gene P. DiPoto, Upton, MA (US);
Jeffrey P. Broussaeau, Barrington, RI (US);
Augustus C. Shanahan, Newton, MA (US);
Chi Yin Wong, Canton, MA (US);
Anthony T. O'Leary, Walpole, MA (US);
IlluminOss Medical, Inc., East Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
Implant removal systems and methods for using the system for removing an implant from a bone are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a method for removing an intramedullary implant from a bone includes navigating a guidewire into an intramedullary cavity of the bone; inserting the guidewire into a lumen of an intramedullary implant located in the intramedullary cavity of the bone; advancing a removal screw over the guidewire to the intramedullary implant; threading the removal screw into the lumen of the intramedullary implant to engage the removal screw to the intramedullary implant; and applying impaction force on the removal screw to remove the intramedullary implant from the intramedullary cavity.