Patent ID: 8449548
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for holding a surgical broach or implant during a surgical broaching procedure, the apparatus comprising: (a) a handle body; (b) a handle bearing surface formed on a broach or implant holding end of the handle body, the handle bearing surface being adapted to mate with a corresponding bearing surface formed on a surgical broach or implant when the broach or implant is in an insertion position with respect to the handle body; (c) an elastically deformable plate slidably mounted on the handle body, cooperating guide elements on the handle and plate permitting movement therebetween with respect to a longitudinal axis, the plate having a catch element formed thereon and adapted to catch on a latch element formed on the broach or implant, the plate member for catching on the latch element of the broach or implant for connecting the broach or implant bearing surface to the handle body bearing surface when the broach or implant is in the insertion position, and the plate capable of elongating elastically with respect to the longitudinal axis; and (d) a loading member rotatably connected to the handle body, the loading member having a surface thereon for engaging a surface on the elastically deformable plate and increasing the length of the plate by moving a first end of the plate along the longitudinal axis away from the handle body bearing surface for applying and maintaining a force so that the plate catch element connects the broach or implant in the insertion position with respect to the handle body wherein the elastically deformable plate has opposite first and second sides and includes a section having slots extending from the first and second plate sides to a position beyond the longitudinal axis of the elastically deformable plate and terminating at a distance from the opposite plate side.