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DEVICE FOR CREATING A VOID SPACE IN A LIVING TISSUE, THE DEVICE INCLUDING A HANDLE WITH A CONTROL KNOB THAT CAN BE SET REGARDLESS OF THE ORIENTATION OF THE HANDLE

  • US 20160228131A1
  • Filed: 04/13/2016
  • Published: 08/11/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for creating a cavity or a channel in bone, the device including:

  • a handle shaped to be held with a single hand;

    said handle has opposed side surfaces and at least one bridge surface that extends between the side surfaces and a notch that extends inwardly from the opposed side surfaces and the bridge surface;

    a shaft that extends forward from said handle, the shaft having a distal end;

    a tip located forward of the distal end of the shaft, the tip formed of material that when pressed or pushed against bone creates a void or channel in the bone against which the tip is pressed or pushed, wherein said tip is moveably attached to said shaft so that the tip can be moved from a position in which the longitudinal axis of the connector is substantially in registration with the longitudinal axis of the shaft and a position in which the longitudinal axis of the tip is angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft; and

    a control assembly for regulating the angular orientation of the tip relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, said control assembly including a manually actuated knob that is rotatably mounted to said handle that is used to set the angular orientation of the tip, said knob being mounted to said handle so as be disposed in the notch of said handle so as to rotate in a plane that is static relative to the handle and said handle and said knob are collectively dimensioned so that a continuous arcuate section of the knob extends outwardly from both the opposed side surfaces and the bridge surface of said handle.

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