Patent ID: 8152814

Claim:
A tool for separating two joined components of an orthopaedic prosthesis, said tool comprising: opposed bills including a first bill with a first outermost surface, the first outermost surface configured for pressing engagement with a surface of a first of the two joined components, and a second bill with a second outermost surface, the second outermost surface configured for pressing engagement with a surface of a second of the two joined components, said opposed bills being movable between (i) a first relative position in which said opposed bills are substantially juxtaposed to each other, and (ii) a second relative position in which said opposed bills are spaced apart from each other; opposed separator bodies including (i) a first body connected to said first bill, and (ii) a second body connected to said second bill; and a jack assembly disposed between said separator bodies and operable to move said separator bodies apart from a first configuration in which said separator bodies locate said opposed bills in said first relative position, and a second configuration in which said separator bodies locate said opposed bills in said second relative position, wherein said jack assembly includes a first arm having (i) a first end portion pivotably connected to said first body, and (ii) a second end portion slidably connected to said second body, and wherein the opposed bills are dimensioned such that when the opposed bills are in the first relative position, the opposed bills fit within a gap defined between two rigidly engaged components of an orthopaedic prosthesis that are to be separated.