Offset adaptor for an orthopaedic driver instrument

- Zimmer, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an offset adaptor for an orthopaedic driver instrument;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is an end elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view thereof of the side opposite the side shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an end elevational view thereof of the end opposite the end shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an second embodiment of an offset adaptor for an orthopaedic driver instrument;

FIG. 9 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 10 is an end elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a side elevational view thereof of the side opposite the side shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is an end elevational view thereof of the end opposite the end shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line showing in FIGS. 1-14 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

Referenced Cited
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D290399 June 16, 1987 Kitchens
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Other references
  • Depuy literature--F.I.N. Flexible Intramedullary Nail Instrumentation (No date available, but acknowledged as prior art). Synthes catalog pp. 144-145--Insertion-Extraction Instruments--1983. Zimmer literature--Kuntscher Intramedullary Nail System--1987. Zimmer literature--ZMS Intramedullary Fixation System--1992. Abeles & Denton--"Use of the Tibial Curved Driving Piece for AO Femoral Nail Insertion"--Orthopaedic Review--Jul. 1992.
Patent History
Patent number: D362503
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 26, 1994
Date of Patent: Sep 19, 1995
Assignee: Zimmer, Inc. (Warsaw, IN)
Inventors: Kevin S. Cook (Winona Lake, IN), Charles D. Persons (Columbia City, IN)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: I. Simmons
Attorney: Margaret L. Geringer
Application Number: 0/17,981
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