US 12,213,712 B2
Bone implant handling instrument for placing a bone implant in an operative position
Lukas Tellman, Falsterbo (SE)
Assigned to TriMed Inc., Santa Clarita, CA (US)
Filed by TRIMED, INCORPORATED, Santa Clarita, CA (US)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,536.
Application 17/738,536 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/875,760, filed on May 15, 2020, granted, now 11,324,539.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/848,018, filed on May 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257292 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/90 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/808 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0642 (2013.01); A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/809 (2013.01); A61B 17/90 (2021.08)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In combination:
a) a first bone implant comprising a body with a first portion configured to overlie an outer bone surface with the first bone implant in an operative position and first and second projections each configured to extend into at least one bone part with the first bone implant in the operative position,
the first and second projections respectively having first and second free ends; and
b) a bone implant handling instrument comprising:
a guide assembly; and
an implant advancing assembly,
the guide assembly first bone implant, and a part of the bone implant handling instrument configured so that with the part of the bone implant handling instrument bearing against at least one bone part at a first location and the first bone implant operatively positioned with respect to the guide assembly the first bone implant can be guided in substantially a straight line in a first direction, generally toward the first location, while being maintained in substantially a same orientation with respect to the straight line between a starting position and the operative position,
the implant advancing assembly comprising at least one part that is configured to be movable against the first bone implant to thereby drive the first bone implant from the starting position into the operative position the first bone implant further configured so that with the first and second projections advanced into one or more bone parts the first portion of the body overlies an outer bone surface,
the bone implant handling instrument and the first bone implant configured so that as an incident of the first bone implant being moved into the operative position the bone implant handling instrument and first bone implant are in a relationship wherein the bone implant handling instrument can be moved away from the bone implant.