Instrument for Manual Insertion of a Button

Abstract: a button inserter includes a shaft having a fulcrum that extends beyond a distal tip of the shaft. an inner rod is within the shaft and has a button mating surface that extends from a distal tip of the inner rod. a handle includes a handle switch that translates the inner rod between an extended position where the button mating surface of the inner rod extends beyond the distal tip of the shaft and a retracted position where the button mating surface of the inner rod is located completely within the shaft.

Inventor(s): Todd Earhart, Pete Denove, Karen Gallen, Darren Thomsen

CPC Classification: A61B17/0401 ({Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing suture anchors ( takes precedence; fixation devices for tendons or ligaments )})

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