Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Screw shank based tissue retraction
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Application No.: US17208590Application Date: 2021-03-22
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Publication No.: US11432852B1Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Anthony J. Melkent , Cristian A. Capote
- Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Agency: Fox Rothschild LLP
- Agent P. Marshall Ticer
- Main IPC: A61B17/70
- IPC: A61B17/70 ; A61B17/02

Abstract:
A surgical instrument configured to enable simultaneously driving a bone screw into a boney structure of a patient and delivering of a blade within the patient adjacent the bone screw is disclosed. The surgical instrument may include an elongated outer-sheath extending in a longitudinal direction from a proximal end to a distal end, for example. The elongated outer-sheath may include an interior cavity that defines a centrally disposed longitudinal axis that extends in the longitudinal direction, for example. The surgical tool may include a central-sheath disposed within the interior cavity that extends in the longitudinal direction, for example. The surgical instrument may further include an inner-shaft rotatably supported by the central-sheath that extends in the longitudinal direction, for example. The inner-shaft may include a driver configured to selectively drive a bone screw upon rotation of the inner-shaft about the longitudinal axis, for example.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220296283A1 SCREW SHANK BASED TISSUE RETRACTION Public/Granted day:2022-09-22
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