Medical installation tool

A - Human Necessities – 61 – F

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A61F 2/00 (2006.01) A61B 17/88 (2006.01) A61F 2/46 (2006.01)

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CA 2413647

An installation tool that is useful for the efficient and effective placement of an article, such as an artificial disc, between adjacent vertebral bodies is provided. The installation tool can be provided as a kit having modular components which allow the surgeon to select from among a variety of components to assemble an installation tool that is optimized for its intended use. The installation tool of the invention generally includes a pair of opposed levers, each of which has a proximal handle portion and a distal portion. A fulcrum is disposed between the two levers to enable proper operation of the tool. The tool further includes a pusher block that is positioned between the two levers and is selectively movable between an initial location distal of the fulcrum and a final location adjacent the distal end of the levers. The pusher block includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a bore extending at least partially therethrough. A pusher rod, which facilitates movement of a pusher block, has a distal end extending into the bore in the pusher block and a proximal, handle end.

Outil d'installation utile pour placer efficacement un objet, par exemple un disque artificiel, entre des corps vertébraux adjacents. L'outil d'installation peut être un ensemble de composants modulaires, permettant au chirurgien de faire un choix parmi une variété de pièces pour assembler un outil d'installation le plus efficace possible. L'outil d'installation comprend généralement une paire de leviers opposés, chaque levier comportant une partie proximale formant une poignée et une partie distale. Un point d'appui se trouve entre les deux leviers pour permettre le bon fonctionnement de l'outil. L'outil comprend en outre un bloc de poussée entre les deux leviers, qui peut être déplacé, au choix, entre un emplacement initial, distal par rapport au point d'appui, et un emplacement final, adjacent à l'extrémité distale des leviers. Le bloc de poussée comprend une extrémité proximale, une extrémité distale et un passage le traversant au moins partiellement. Une tige poussoir, qui facilite le déplacement du bloc de poussée, comporte une extrémité distale se prolongeant dans le passage du bloc de poussée et une extrémité proximale formant une poignée.

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