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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
May. 18, 2016
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:
Primary Examiner:
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.