US 11,666,317 B2
Sternal ascender apparatus
Jude S. Sauer, Pittsford, NY (US); Matthew David DeClerck, Greece, NY (US); Angelo John Martellaro, Victor, NY (US); Benjamin James Boseck, Canandaigua, NY (US); and Matthew Wrona, Fairport, NY (US)
Assigned to LSI Solutions, Inc., Victor, NY (US)
Filed by LSI Solutions, Inc., Victor, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/999,838.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/989,044, filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/916,591, filed on Oct. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/889,690, filed on Aug. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052264 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/025 (2013.01) [A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00455 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sternal ascender apparatus, comprising:
a sternal ascender comprising:
a panel;
a support beam traversing the panel; and
a post coupled to a proximal end of the panel;
an indicator handle coupled to the sternal ascender, the indicator handle comprising a pawl;
an actuator drive pivotably coupled to the indicator handle, the actuator drive comprising a fixed indexing gear; and
a housing movably coupled to the actuator drive.