Patent ID: 7207801
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. An assembly for handling a bone implant of the type having a head and a root portion extending from the head, the implant head having a driving structure, an outer implant shoulder, a shoulder edge located beneath the implant shoulder, and an undercut beneath the shoulder edge, said assembly comprising: an adapter having a driving section which is intended to engage said driving structure on the implant and a plug-type extension for attachment of an instrument; and a transfer cap which can be fitted onto the implant in a releasable manner, said transfer cap having a contact surface complementary to the implant shoulder and an elastic lip for gripping under the shoulder edge and engaging the undercut and an axial passage through which the adapter reaches to the implant, whereby, when the transfer cap is fitted on the implant and the adapter is plugged in, the driving section of the adapter comes in to engagement with said driving structure, and the adapter extends through the axial passage, with the plug-type extension of the adapter protruding from the transfer cap, wherein the adapter, passing through the axial passage, and the transfer cap are connected to one another in a releasable manner thereby forming a releasable connection; and the release force for severing the connection between implant and transfer cap is greater than the release force for severing the connection between transfer cap and adapter.