US 7,320,540 B2 | ||
Bone cement mixing and delivery device with releasable mixing blade | ||
Jared P. Coffeen, Portage, Mich. (US) | ||
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, Mich. (US) | ||
Filed on Mar. 27, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/277,582. | ||
Application 10/801748 is a division of application No. 10/229349, filed on Aug. 27, 2002, granted, now 6,736,537. | ||
Application 11/277582 is a continuation of application No. 10/801748, filed on Mar. 16, 2004, granted, now 7,134,782. | ||
Application 10/229349 is a continuation of application No. 09/981552, filed on Oct. 17, 2001, granted, now 6,547,432. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/325783, filed on Jul. 16, 2001. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0158957 A1, Jul. 20, 2006 | ||
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
Int. Cl. B01F 13/00 (2006.01); B01F 11/00 (2006.01); B01F 15/00 (2006.01); B01F 13/06 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 366—130 [366/195] | 2 Claims |
1. A mixing apparatus, comprising;
a container defining an interior cavity,
a handle having a first end for extending into said interior cavity,
a mixing blade for releasably coupling to said first end of said handle in said interior cavity,
a quick-release connector operable between said handle and said mixing blade, and
a release device disposed outside of said interior cavity and operable between a locked position wherein said quick-release
connector locks said mixing blade to said handle and an unlocked position wherein said quick-release connector releases and
uncouples said mixing blade from said handle such that said handle is removable from said container while said mixing blade
remains in said interior cavity.
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