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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.