| US 7,488,331 B2 | ||
| Orthopedic implant bender | ||
| Mahmoud F. Abdelgany, Rockaway, N.J. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Custon Spine, Inc., Parsippany, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 16, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/280,013. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/683747, filed on May 23, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0264973 A1, Nov. 23, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61F 11/00 (2006.01); B21J 13/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 606—109 [72/458] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A two-handed orthopedic implant bender apparatus comprising:
a longitudinal member;
a first bender; and
a second bender identically configured to said first bender, wherein said first bender and said second bender bend said longitudinal
member in tandem, and wherein each of said first bender and said second bender comprises:
a curved body member comprising a handle end and an implant receiving end;
an exactly one-piece cam member rotatably connected to said implant receiving end of said body member, wherein said cam member
comprises an indented middle section and a peg extending from each distal longitudinal end of said cam member; and
an exactly one-piece lever connected to said cam member and rotatable with respect to said body member, wherein said lever
comprises a pair of generally parallel arms sufficiently spaced apart to accommodate an entire width of said implant receiving
end of said body member,
wherein rotation of said lever causes rotation of said cam member.
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