Abstract: A gripping tool for extracting a pin during a surgical procedure, the gripping tool including: two lever arms, each arm having a nose end and a handle end, the two lever arms joined together proximate to but spaced apart from the nose end by a bridging portion, the bridging portion including a central fulcrum region; the nose ends of each the lever arms having one or more teeth adapted to interlock with the one or more teeth of the other lever arm; each nose end having a longitudinal aperture therein extending through the interlocking teeth adapted, in use, to align and receive the pin; such that in use, urging together the handle ends of the lever arms causes the nose ends to move relative to each other such that the interlocking teeth misalign and grip the pin.

Abstract: An impactor for positioning and holding a surgical or veterinary prosthetic implant while it is being driven into position, said impactor including: (a) an impaction means; (b) an impaction shoe which is configured to receive and support a prosthetic implant in a predetermined position; (c) connection means which connect the impaction means to the impaction shoe and are configured to transmit an impact from the impaction means to the impaction shoe; (d) arms configured to engage an implant supported upon the impaction shoe; (e) said arms being biased into engagement with said implant, but movable against the bias out of engagement with the implant; (f) said connection means being adjustable between a first setting at which the impaction shoe is spring-loaded so as to bias an implant supported upon the impaction shoe into engagement with said arms but at which the impaction shoe can slide relative to said arms, against said spring bias; and a second setting at which both the impaction shoe and the arms are ri

Abstract: An impactor for positioning and holding a surgical or veterinary prosthetic implant whilst it is being driven into position, said impactor including: (a) an impaction means; (b) an impaction shoe which is configured to receive and support a prosthetic implant in a predetermined position; (c) connection means which connect the impaction means to the impaction shoe and are configured to transmit an impact from the impaction means to the impaction shoe; (d) arms configured to engage an implant supported upon the impaction shoe; (e) said arms being biased into engagement with said implant, but movable against the bias out of engagement with the implant; (f) said connection means being adjustable between a first setting at which the impaction shoe is spring-loaded so as to bias an implant supported upon the impaction shoe into engagement with said arms but at which the impaction shoe can slide relative to said arms, against said spring bias; and a second setting at which both the impaction shoe and the arms are ri

Abstract: A surgical drill which includes a drill tip (3) rigidly secured to a shaft (2) for attachment of the drill to a rotary driving means, the end of the drill tip remote from the shaft being formed with cutting edges (4,5) tapering to a point (6), and the drill tip (3) having a cross-sectional shape such that the non-tapered portion of the drill tip (3) is substantially wider in a first direction (w) than in a second direction (x); the shaft (2) having a width at its widest point adjacent the drill tip (3) which is substantially smaller than the maximum cross-sectional width of the drill tip (3); the drill tip (3) being formed with at least one notch (8) for picking up a suture.