Patent ID: 8821508
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An impacting instrument securely attachable to at least a portion of a bone plate, the bone plate having an elongated body having a first end, a second end, a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least two hook members disposed proximate the first end, the at least two hook members each having a prong region having a longitudinal axis, the impacting instrument comprising: a housing having a distal surface and a distal opening extending through the distal surface; an elongated shaft having a longitudinal axis, at least a portion of the elongated shaft being extendable through the distal opening; a foot member disposed at a distal end of the elongated shaft, the foot member having a longitudinal axis that is disposed at an oblique angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft; the distal surface of the housing has a surface contour comprising an elongated, substantially linear portion extending from one end, terminating in a substantially arcuate portion at an opposing end; the elongated shaft is substantially coaxial to the substantially arcuate portion of the surface contour of the distal surface of the housing; wherein at least a portion of the bone plate is secured between at least a portion of the foot member and at least a portion of the distal surface of the housing upon attachment of the impacting instrument to the bone plate with the impacting instrument transferring force applied to a striking surface of the impacting instrument to the bone plate proximate the at least two hook members upon attachment of the impacting instrument to the bone plate.