US 11,737,764 B2
Medical access device
Adriaan J. Kuyler, Saint Augustine, FL (US); and Benjamin D. Cowan, Memphis, TN (US)
Assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/557,531.
Application 17/557,531 is a division of application No. 16/663,855, filed on Oct. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,234,712.
Prior Publication US 2022/0116772 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/60 (2018.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 72/53 (2023.01); H04W 72/50 (2023.01); H04W 8/06 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 16/04 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04W 80/10 (2009.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04W 8/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/12 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01)
CPC A61B 17/1604 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 4/60 (2018.02); H04W 8/065 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 16/04 (2013.01); H04W 28/02 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/53 (2023.01); H04W 72/535 (2023.01); H04W 80/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 8/14 (2013.01); H04W 36/12 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical device, comprising:
an outer shaft extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end;
an angled guide positioned on the second end of the outer shaft and being angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the outer shaft;
a housing coupled to the first end of the outer shaft;
an inner shaft axially translatable within the housing, the outer shaft, and the angled guide and comprising a third end adjacent the first end of the outer shaft and a fourth end opposite the third end;
a knob coupled to the inner shaft adjacent the third end and configured to axially translate within the housing, said knob comprises a slot extending therethrough;
a bone piercing tool pivotably coupled to the fourth end of the inner shaft by a pivotal joint and extendable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position relative to the angled guide;
a pivotal lever coupled to the housing and movable relative to the outer and inner shafts between an unlocked position and a locked position; and
wherein:
in the deployed position a tip portion of the bone piercing tool extends distally beyond a distal end of the angled guide,
the pivotal lever comprises a pin disposable within the slot of the knob, and
in the locked position the pin of the pivotal lever is disposed within the slot of the knob thereby locking the outer shaft to the inner shaft in the deployed position, and
in the unlocked position, the inner shaft is freely translatable within the outer shaft from the non-deployed position to the deployed position.