| 20090216240 | SURGICAL INSERTION DEVICE FOR USE IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - A device, and a method for using it, for implanting a cup liner within a cup attached to the acetabulum of the hip bone, during hip replacement surgery. In a preferred embodiment, the device includes a main body with proximal and distal ends. The distal end may terminate in a liner seat and an engaging mechanism. Initially, the engaging mechanism may be coupled to the cup liner; a slight retraction of the engaging mechanism relative to the main body and liner seat may be sufficient to properly seat the cup liner on the liner seat. The device is now used to place the cup liner within the cup. The engaging mechanism may again be retracted to disengage the cup liner from the engaging mechanism, without dislodging the cup liner from the cup. | 08-27-2009 |
