US 11,918,485 B2
Devices and techniques for hip revision surgery
Michael Bozeman, Austin, TX (US); Monali Shah, Memphis, TN (US); Roy Messina, Memphis, TN (US); Andrea Karduss, Memphis, TN (US); and Jeffrey J. Shea, Memphis, TN (US)
Assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US); SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG, Zug (CH); and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED, Singapore (SG)
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug (CH); and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,516.
Application 18/079,516 is a continuation of application No. 17/080,193, filed on Oct. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,576,791.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/926,925, filed on Oct. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114868 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4609 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1666 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00146 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00402 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting instrument, comprising
a body including:
a cutting tip;
an actuation mechanism operatively associated with a piezoelectric element;
a user interface; and
an extension mechanism configured to extend the cutting tip relative to the body based on operation of the user interface.