Articulating tool and methods of using

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9924986
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14065259

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Disclosed are embodiments of an articulating tool having a head that articulates and is capable of maintaining an angle for drilling or placing a fastener into a bone. The articulating tool includes a housing, an articulating head, a rotatable drive shaft, and a driver tip connected to the distal shaft portion. The articulating tool may be constructed and arranged to move between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position and the second position the articulating head and the rotatable drive shaft are at different angles with respect to the longitudinal axis of the housing.

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  • CHARLES RIVER ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Agarwal, Suresh K Chapel Hill, US 5 297
Chatzigeorgiou, Dimitris Somerville, US 3 42
Lustrino, Michelle E Cambridge, US 2 0
Menon, Manas C Boston, US 16 484
Petrzelka, Joseph E Marina del Rey, US 2 0
Stefanov-Wagner, Clara J Cambridge, US 2 0

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