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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2014
Smith-nephew, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Brian Loreth, Braintree, MA (US);
Rafal Jezierski, Middleton, MA (US);
Cemal Shener-Irmakoglu, Woburn, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
An inner assembly for a modular surgical drive hub includes a drive adapter, an inner blade adapter, and a compression member, the inner blade adapter mounted within the drive adapter and biased in a distal direction by the compression member, the drive adapter and the inner blade adapter including a key-way and a key for transmitting rotational force from the drive adapter to the inner blade adapter; wherein the inner assembly is configured to be inserted into and retained within the modular surgical drive hub. A modular surgical drive hub and a surgical instrument are described.