Patent ID: 8801724

Claim:
A tool for placing or removing a joint socket of an artificial joint, the joint socket held on or in a bone of a recipient, said tool comprising: a handle; a joint socket holder comprising at least one expandable element comprising one or more radially outwardly projecting projections configured to engage an inner side of the joint socket, the expandable element movable radially outward against the inner side of the joint socket via the actuation of an expanding mechanism; an actuating device coupled to the at least one expandable element by a pull cable, the actuating device comprising a rotational center such that the expandable element can be moved by eccentrically bringing the pull cable to an over-dead-center-position over the rotational center when the actuating device is actuated, and can be brought into at least one other over-dead-center position; and a connecting element arranged between the handle and the joint socket holder, wherein the connecting element comprises an arcuate portion that extends along a longitudinal direction thereof.