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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Symmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Stuart Weekes, Oxford, GB;
Symmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An orthopedic reamer includes a drive train having a drive shaft, a reamer head connector driven by the drive shaft and a locking structure surrounding at least a portion of the drive shaft; and a handle assembly configured to detachably connect to the locking structure. The handle assembly includes a grip; a connecting structure connected to the grip that is configured to slide over the locking structure; a bridge connecting the grip to the connecting structure; a stop having a first interface feature connected to the bridge between the grip and the connecting structure; and a knob assembly at least partly surrounding the bridge having a second interface feature that is mateable to the first interface feature. The knob assembly is configured to prevent detachment of the handle assembly from the locking structure unless the second interface feature is mated with the first interface feature.