Patent ID: 9532813
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A tool useful for manipulating an anterior interbody graft, the tool comprising: a proximal handle section including a pair of handles movable toward and away from each other; a distal head section including a pair of jaws movable toward and away from each other; and an intermediate section joining the handle section to the head section, the intermediate section including a symmetrical four-bar linkage having four pivots, the four-bar linkage connecting together the pair of handles and the pair of jaws so that movement of the handles causes movement of the jaws; wherein each jaw includes a prong with a distal end, a first thickness adjacent to said distal end, and a portion with a second thickness, the first thickness being smaller than the second thickness; wherein each jaw includes a distally facing shoulder where said first and second thicknesses meet.