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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
David Wayne Rister, Nesbit, MS (US);
Brian David Davis, Millington, TN (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/1659 (2013.01); A61B 17/1668 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical instrument handle assembly configured for rigid and releasable connection to orthopedic devices including orthopedic shaping or cutting members such as a broaches, reamers and/or osteotomes adapted to prepare the intramedullary canal of a femur in total hip arthroplasty procedures.