US 12,446,901 B2
Multifunctional PCL guide arm
Andrew Kam, Odessa, FL (US); Andrew Muser, St. Pete Beach, FL (US); Kalifa A. Clarke, Pinellas Park, FL (US); Peter Verdonk, Zwijnaarde (BE); Björn G. Barenius, Stockholm (SE); Seth L. Sherman, Columbia, MO (US); Brian R. Wolf, Iowa City, IA (US); and Timothy Spalding, Leamington Spa (GB)
Assigned to Conmed Corporation, Largo, FL (US)
Filed by Conmed Corporation, Largo, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/839,913.
Application 17/839,913 is a continuation of application No. 16/445,257, filed on Jun. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,357,521.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/806,941, filed on Feb. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304710 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/1764 (2013.01) [A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guide arm, comprising:
a first arm at a proximal end of the guide arm connected at a first angle to a second arm, the second arm connected at a second angle to a third arm and extending along a first axis, the third arm connected at a third angle to a distal end, the distal end connected at a fourth angle to a most distal tip;
a shield feature having a first proximal end and a second distal end, the shield feature being positioned at the distal end and between the third arm at the first proximal end and the most distal tip at the second distal end, wherein the shield feature has a width that is wider than a width of the third arm measured at a position immediately adjacent to the first proximal end and a width of the most distal tip measured at a position immediately adjacent to the second distal end; and
an indicator feature located on the most distal tip protruding from adjacent surfaces of the most distal tip along a second axis toward the first arm.