US 12,357,326 B2
Combination depthsink instrument
Scott Mitchell Irving, Long Grove, IL (US); Lewis Pearce Branthover, Memphis, TN (US); Nathan William Erickson, Beaverdam, UT (US); and Zachary Charles Christensen, Wellsville, UT (US)
Assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/814,299.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/244,340, filed on Sep. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0081888 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/17 (2013.01) [A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00424 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument, comprising
a handle body extending from a proximal end to a distal end substantially along a longitudinal axis, wherein the handle body defines a first channel extending from the distal end in a proximal direction, wherein the first channel has a first diameter sized and configured to receive a guide element therein;
a plurality of indicators formed on the handle body, wherein each of the plurality of indicators correspond to a size of one of a plurality of fixation elements sized and configured for insertion into a bone;
a countersink element coupled to the distal end of the handle body, the countersink element defining a second channel sized having a second diameter less than the first diameter configured to receive the guide element therethrough, wherein the second channel is circumferentially located with and coupled to the first channel, and wherein the countersink element includes a head sized and configured to form a countersink in the bone.