Patent ID: RE40853

Claim:
An ossicular prosthesis adjusting device comprising: an elongate main body including an outer wall , a semicircular end wall, and a longitudinally extending through channel, the outer wall being cylindrical at an operating portion and generally semi-cylindrical at an adjusting portion, the adjusting portion including a radially opening cavity at a distal end , and the end wall located at the distal end and having a through slot smaller in cross section than the channel, the cavity being disposed in the end wall ; and an elongate plunger having a longitudinal axis and a claw at one end, the plunger being received in the channel with the claw in the adjusting portion and an opposite end extending outwardly of the operating portion so that, in use, an ossicular prosthesis shaft can be inserted in the channel at the adjusting portion with a head of the ossicular prosthesis received in the cavity and the plunger is rotatable about its longitudinal axis in the channel to capture the shaft and is reciprocally moveable in the channel to adjust shaft length of the ossicular prosthesis.