Patent ID: 8435244
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An orthopedic tool for altering a connection between a pair of orthopedic components, comprising: an elongate housing having an upper portion, a lower portion at least partially separable from said upper portion, a longitudinal axis, and a head, one of said upper portion and said lower portion engagable with one of the orthopedic components of the pair of orthopedic components and the other of the one of the said upper portion and said lower portion engagable with the other one of the orthopedic components of the pair of orthopedic components; a wedge positioned between said upper portion and said lower portion of said housing; a wedge actuator extending from said wedge to beyond a proximal end of said elongate housing, said wedge actuator moving said wedge along the longitudinal axis of said housing toward said head, whereby actuation of said wedge results in separation of said upper portion and said lower portion of said housing to alter the connection between the pair of orthopedic components when said upper and lower portions are engaged to the pair of orthopedic components; and an impaction cap removably mounted to said housing, said impaction cap including: said impaction cap is mounted to said housing, whereby an impaction force applied to said outer cap impaction surface is transferred substantially entirely through said housing via said impact transfer surface to the pair of orthopedic components and is not substantially transferred through said wedge to the pair of orthopedic components.