Patent ID: 8419743
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An assembly tool comprising: a first coupler having a first longitudinal shaft defining a first longitudinal bore, the first coupler engageable to a proximal implant of a modular implant assembly; a handle member removably couplable with the first coupler, the first coupler received in a longitudinal bore of the handle member; a second coupler having a second longitudinal shaft passable through the first longitudinal bore of the first coupler, the second longitudinal shaft engageable through the proximal implant to a distal implant of the modular implant, the proximal implant and the distal implant connectable with corresponding tapers; a slider movably coupled to a proximal portion of the handle member; and a compression member couplable to the a proximal portion of the second longitudinal shaft, the compression member having an impaction surface and a circumferential groove engageable with the slider by rotating the compression member by a first amount configured to hold the tapers of the proximal and distal implants at a selected separation distance between the tapers while the modular implant assembly is inserted into the anatomic site by impacting the impaction surface, the compression member rotatable by a second amount to reduce the separation distance and engage and lock the tapers of the proximal and distal implants after insertion of the modular implant assembly into the anatomic site.