Patent ID: 11925402
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 14:
15. A surgical system, comprising:
an adapter configured to releasably connect to an orthopedic impactor configured to drive the impacting of a surgical end effector connected to the adapter;
wherein a proximal end of the adapter is configured to be disposed within the orthopedic impactor so as to extend distally from the orthopedic impactor and releasably connect to the orthopedic impactor at a predefined plural number of rotational positions relative to the orthopedic impactor;
the proximal end of the adapter has a cross-sectional shape defined by a plurality of linear sides;
a number of the plurality of linear sides defines the predefined plural number; and
for each of the predefined plural number of rotational positions, the adapter is configured to releasably connect to the orthopedic impactor along a common axis defined by the adapter.