Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjustment instrument with tactile feedback
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Application No.: US15180530Application Date: 2016-06-13
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Publication No.: US10368913B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Subash K. Mannanal , Daniel Greenberg
- Applicant: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Kalamazoo
- Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
- Current Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Kalamazoo
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00 ; A61B17/66 ; A61B17/88 ; A61B17/62 ; A61B17/64 ; A61B17/56

Abstract:
An external fixation frame system may include a first ring, a second ring, and at least three struts configured to couple the first ring to the second ring, each strut having a rotatable head portion and a counter torque portion. The system may also include an adjustment tool that includes a driver portion having an inner engagement portion for engaging the head portion of the strut, an outer engagement portion for engaging the counter torque portion of the strut, and a feedback mechanism rotatably coupled to the inner and outer engagement portions. The tool may further include a plunger having an inner portion positioned at least partially within the inner engagement portion, and an outer portion positioned at least partially between the inner engagement portion and the outer engagement portions, the plunger being axially translatable with respect to the inner and outer engagement portions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170042580A1 ADJUSTMENT INSTRUMENT WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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