Closure for open ended medical implant and removal tool
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Jul 10, 2001
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Apr 28, 2000
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Apr 28, 2000
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A closure for use with an open headed medical implant with a pair of inwardly threaded arms. The closure is bow-tie-shaped having a pair of opposed cylindrical sections that have outwardly threaded surfaces that are discontinuous therebetween. The cylindrical surfaces are joined by walls having outer curved surfaces each having a radius that is less than a radius associated with the cylindrical surfaces. The closure also has a central bore receiving a set screw in use. Tools for installing the closure include a tool with a head having a channel receiving the closure and wings on opposite sides of the channel that have outer surfaces that are threaded so as to compliment and complete the threads on the outside of the closure, when the tool is thereon, so as to provide a substantially continuous circumferential thread for installation. A group of removal tools includes a first tool having a head that fits over the closure and includes a pair of wings with outer cam surfaces thereon for operably wedging apart the implant arms and a second non-threaded tool for turning the closure once the arms are wedged apart.
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