Patent ID: 9241807
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A tool for inserting an implant, comprising: a handle; a shaft assembly having a longitudinal axis and being operably connected to the handle; a pivotable head portion pivotally connected to the shaft assembly; a movable jaw member movably connected to the pivotable head portion for selectively gripping or releasing an implant; a first actuator operably connected to the shaft assembly operable to selectively pivot the head portion to a plurality of different positions with respect to the shaft assembly; a second actuator operably connected to the shaft assembly operable to selectively shift the movable jaw member relative to the pivotable head portion; the shaft assembly and head portion being configured to allow the movable jaw member to be shifted independently of the pivotable head portion, such that the implant may be selectively gripped or released by the movable jaw member in each of the plurality of different positions of the pivotable head portion; wherein the plurality of different positions of the pivotable head portion include an insertion configuration, wherein a longitudinal axis of the implant connected to the pivotable head portion is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft assembly, and a rotated configuration, wherein the longitudinal axis of the implant connected to the pivotable head portion is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shaft assembly, and the pivotable head portion is biased to return to the insertion configuration when the pivotable head portion is shifted by the first actuator to the rotated configuration; and a biasing member associated with the shaft assembly operable to bias the movable jaw member toward a gripping orientation for gripping the implant in each of the plurality of different positions of the pivotable head portion.