Surgical tool for positioning a surgical device, surgical device and kit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12575870-B2
Application number	US-202418625079-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2024
Priority date	Nov 26, 2018
Publication date	Mar 17, 2026
Grant date	Mar 17, 2026

Abstract

A surgical tool for positioning a surgical device including a gripping portion; a rod protruding from the gripping portion; and a coupling system. The coupling system comprises an axial retention assembly comprising, at a free end of the rod, two opposite semispherical portions, wherein the respective flat surfaces are separated from each other by an axial notch made partially along the rod, and a central clutch movable between a locking position and a disengagement position. In the locking position, the central clutch approaches the free end of the rod and is interposed between the two semispherical portions, preventing the reciprocal approach thereof so as to block the two semispherical portions within a seat of said surgical device. In the disengagement position, the central clutch moves away from the free end and the two semispherical portions can approach to allow the tool to come out of the surgical device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A kit for positioning a surgical device, the kit comprising:
a surgical tool and at least one surgical device, the surgical tool comprising:
a gripping portion;
a rod protruding from said gripping portion along a main development direction of the surgical tool up to a free end of the rod;
a coupling system adapted to be coupled to at least one surgical device which can be engaged with a patient and the coupling system being operatively active at said free end; and
said coupling system comprising an axial retention assembly comprising, at said free end of said rod, two opposite semispherical portions, wherein respective flat surfaces of the semispherical portions face each other and are separated from each other by an axial notch made partially along said rod, and said coupling system comprising a central clutch which is selectively movable between a locking position, in which the central clutch approaches the free end of said rod and is interposed between the two semispherical portions, preventing reciprocal approach thereof so as to block said two semispherical portions within a seat of said at least one surgical device, and a disengagement position, in which the central clutch moves away from the free end of said rod and at which the two semispherical portions can approach to allow said tool to come out of the at least one surgical device; wherein said coupling system comprises a rotational engaging assembly comprising a sleeve containing said rod inside, said rotational engaging assembly protruding from said gripping portion along said main development direction of the surgical tool up to a free end thereof which has a polygonal internal profile which can be engaged with said at least one surgical device; and
the at least one surgical device comprising a gripping head configured to be coupled to the coupling system of said surgical tool, wherein the gripping head has a semispherical cavity adapted to be engaged with the coupling system of the surgical tool.

2 . The kit according to claim 1 , wherein said coupling system comprises a nut screw adapted to interact on a threaded portion of said central clutch to promote axial translation thereof.

3 . The kit according to claim 2 , wherein said nut screw is integral with said gripping portion.

4 . The kit according to claim 1 , wherein the surgical tool comprises movement means which are directly active on said central clutch to axially rotate the central clutch.

5 . The kit according to claim 4 , wherein said movement means comprise a driving handwheel which is integral with said central clutch.

6 . The kit according to claim 1 , wherein said gripping head has a polygonal external profile adapted to be engaged with the polygonal internal profile of the rotational engaging assembly of the coupling system of the surgical tool.

7 . The kit according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one surgical device has a stem with a first and a second external thread.

8 . The kit according to claim 7 , wherein said first and second external threads have mutually different pitches.

9 . A surgical device comprising: a gripping head configured to be coupled to a coupling system of a surgical tool, wherein the gripping head defines a semispherical cavity and has a polygonal external profile.

10 . The surgical device of claim 9 , further comprising a stem with a first external thread and a second external thread.

11 . The surgical device of claim 10 , wherein the first external thread and the second external thread have mutually different pitches.

Assignees

• Medacta Int Sa

Inventors

• Kaito Takashi
• Matsukawa Keitaro
• Mahieu Geert
• Mobbs Ralph
• Abe Yuichiro
• Fiechter Meinrad
• Siccardi Francesco
• Milano Gianluca

Classifications

• A61B2017/00477

  Coupling (A61B2017/0046 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B2017/00389

  Button or wheel for performing multiple functions, e.g. rotation of shaft and end effector · CPC title

• A61B17/1655

  for tapping · CPC title

• A61B17/8883

  the driver bit acting on the periphery of the screw head · CPC title

• A61B17/8615

  at the central region of the screw head · CPC title