Patent ID: 8632549

Claim:
A pectus bar extraction tool for removing a pectus bar from a patient, the pectus bar having posterior and anterior sides, comprising a handle having a long axis, an engagement member fixed to and extending distally and laterally outward from the handle for extending from the anterior to the posterior sides of the pectus bar to engage the posterior side of the pectus bar, the engagement member being a protrusion adapted for placement through an aperture in the pectus bar, and a lever arm fixed to and extending laterally from the handle opposite to the engagement member for engaging the pectus bar on the anterior side of the pectus bar, wherein the lever arm comprises spaced-apart lateral side members for engaging lateral side portions of the pectus bar, and a web between the lateral side members, the lateral side portions and the web defining an open-ended channel, the open-ended channel being transverse to the long axis of the handle, the pectus bar fitting between the lateral side members to contact the web and extending from each of the open ends of the channel, the protrusion being centrally located relative to the lateral side members.