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Patent No.:

US 9770279 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017

Filed:

May. 18, 2016

Method and apparatus for extraction of medical implants

Applicant:

Little Engine, Llc, Gastonia, NC (US);

Inventors:

Franz W. Kellar, Gastonia, NC (US);

Harold L. Crowder, Kannapolis, NC (US);

Michael D. Bissette, Belmont, NC (US);

Nathan W. Kellar, Belmont, NC (US);

Mark S. Wabalas, Huntersville, NC (US);

Assignee:

Little Engine, LLC, Gastonia, NC (US);

Attorney:

Trego, Hines & Ladenheim, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

David Bates

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/92 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/921 (2013.01); A61F 2/4607 (2013.01); A61F 2/4609 (2013.01); A61B 2017/924 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4619 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4628 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for extracting a medical implant from bone includes: a housing; a coupler carried by the housing and configured to be mechanically connected to a medical implant; and a forcing mechanism carried by the housing and operable to apply a cyclic excitation force with a specified amplitude, frequency, and vector to the coupler. Methods are described for using the apparatus to remove and/or implant medical implants.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kellar, Franz. (2017). Method and apparatus for extraction of medical implants (U.S. Patent No. 9770279). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9770279

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