US 12,263,097 B2
Anterior ankle approach system and method
Ramon Luna, Arlington, TN (US); Meghan Kubacki, Memphis, TN (US); and Terrance W. Strohkirch, Memphis, TN (US)
Assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,296.
Application 17/745,296 is a division of application No. 16/605,849, granted, now 11,590,001, previously published as PCT/US2017/040730, filed on Jul. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0273461 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61F 2/42 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/92 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4606 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1682 (2013.01); A61B 17/1775 (2016.11); A61F 2/4202 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00738 (2013.01); A61B 2017/922 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4681 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An offset impactor, comprising
an offset shaft including a longitudinal section having a first transverse arm extending from a first end and a second transverse arm extending from a second end, and wherein the first transverse arm and the second transverse arm define a spacing therebetween;
an impactor head configured to be coupled to the first transverse arm, the impactor head configured to receive an impaction force; and
an impactor body configured to be coupled to the second transverse arm via a spring-locking mechanism and including a shaft loaded by a dampening spring that moves between an initial first position and a second position by the impaction force to reduce the impaction force, wherein the impaction force is transferred from the first transverse arm to the second transverse arm by the longitudinal section, and wherein the impactor head is configured to convert the impaction force to a linear impaction force.