SURGICAL IMPACT TOOL
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1. A surgical hammer comprising;
- a housing having an exterior surface and an interior surface, a wall comprising a hermetic seal therebetween and defining an interior volume, the housing having a distal end and a proximal end;
an electrically powered impactor disposed within the interior volume and configured for generating an impact at an impact-receiving portion of the interior surface;
a surgical impact head coupled to the housing exterior surface adjacent the impact-receiving portion of the interior surface whereby to receive the impact;
an electrical energy storage unit disposed within the interior volume and rechargeable from outside the housing without violating the hermetic seal; and
a controller disposed within the interior volume and configured for delivering electrical energy from the storage unit to the impactor for generating the impact upon receipt of a control signal, the controller configured to receive the control signal through the wall without violating the hermetic seal.
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Abstract
A surgical impact tool comprises an electromagnetic impactor hermetically sealed within a sterilizable housing having one or more external mechanical coupling for transmitting an impact to an object external to the tool. The housing also contains an energy storage medium rechargeable through the hermetic seal, and electronic controls operable through the hermetic seal.
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1. A surgical hammer comprising;
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a housing having an exterior surface and an interior surface, a wall comprising a hermetic seal therebetween and defining an interior volume, the housing having a distal end and a proximal end; an electrically powered impactor disposed within the interior volume and configured for generating an impact at an impact-receiving portion of the interior surface; a surgical impact head coupled to the housing exterior surface adjacent the impact-receiving portion of the interior surface whereby to receive the impact; an electrical energy storage unit disposed within the interior volume and rechargeable from outside the housing without violating the hermetic seal; and a controller disposed within the interior volume and configured for delivering electrical energy from the storage unit to the impactor for generating the impact upon receipt of a control signal, the controller configured to receive the control signal through the wall without violating the hermetic seal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for delivering an impact at a desired location in surgical site in a patient, the method comprising:
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positioning at the location a surgical hammer comprising an electrically powered impactor in a hermetically sealed housing, and a surgical impact head coupled thereto; and activating the impactor to deliver an impact through housing to the surgical impact head at the location. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for providing an impact to a surgical site in a patient, the system comprising
a hermetically sealed, rechargeable impact tool; - and
a control transmitter configured for transmitting a control signal to operate the tool to deliver one or more impact. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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