Offset adaptor for an orthopaedic driver instrument
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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.
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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