US 12,245,771 B2
Connection member and method
Patrick Cannon, Warsaw, IN (US); Alexander Sturtivant, Leeds (GB); Duncan Temple, Leeds (GB); and Duncan Young, Leeds (GB)
Assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY, Ringaskiddy (IE)
Filed by DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY, County Cork (IE)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/060,234.
Application 18/060,234 is a division of application No. 16/640,487, granted, now 11,540,840, previously published as PCT/EP2018/071060, filed on Aug. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/592,478, filed on Nov. 30, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/548,490, filed on Aug. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0090698 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/162 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical tool comprising a connection member for connecting the surgical tool to a plurality of different kinds of corresponding connector, the connection member comprising:
an elongate shaft having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end, and
a plurality of connection features located at the proximal end of the shaft, the plurality of connection features comprising:
at least one connection feature for mating with a first kind of corresponding connector; and
at least one connection feature for mating with a second, different kind of corresponding connector;
wherein at least one of the connection features comprises a substantially spherical indentation for receiving a corresponding locking ball bearing of one of said corresponding connectors; and
wherein at least one of the connection features include:
a first substantially spherical indentation for receiving a locking ball bearing of the first kind of corresponding connector; and
a second substantially spherical indentation for receiving a locking ball bearing of the second kind of corresponding connector, wherein the first substantially spherical indentation is located proximally with respect to the second substantially spherical indentation, and wherein the first substantially spherical indentation is overlapped with the second substantially spherical indentation such that a shoulder is formed at an interface between the first substantially spherical indentation and the second substantially spherical indentation.