US 12,279,974 B2
Surgical cutter instrument with trial
Yves Arramon, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Simplify Medical Pty Ltd., Melbourne (AU)
Filed by Simplify Medical Pty Ltd., Melbourne (AU)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/307,951.
Application 18/307,951 is a continuation of application No. 17/640,502, granted, now 11,666,460, previously published as PCT/AU2020/000109, filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/905,070, filed on Sep. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0074876 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4684 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1604 (2013.01); A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical cutting instrument comprising:
an instrument shaft having a distal end and a proximal end;
an instrument handle coupled to the proximal end of the instrument shaft;
a trial sizer head configured to couple to the distal end of the instrument shaft and to correspond in size to an intervertebral implant;
a cutter configured to attach to the instrument shaft and to translate relative to the trial sizer head; and
an adjustable stop removably coupled to the instrument shaft and configured to limit axial translation of the trial sizer head;
wherein an axial position of the adjustable stop is adjustable relative to the instrument shaft, and the adjustable stop is releasably secured about the instrument shaft by a lock.