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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2016
Stryker European Holdings I, Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Marc Augoyard, Tassin la Demi Lune, FR;
Jacques Peyrot, Tassin la Demi Lune, FR;
Tristan Meusnier, Saint-Etienne, FR;
Bernard Prandi, Rennes, FR;
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention is a fixation device including a median zone having a substantially triangular shape; a first fixation zone including first and second tabs that, in a separated configuration, extend away from each other from an end of the median zone, the first fixation zone having a first region adjacent the median zone and a second region adjacent the first region. Also, within the first region of the first fixation zone, an inner surface of each of the first and second tabs of the first fixation zone extends outwardly and proximally from the median zone to a first point to form an arch, and from the first point, the inner surface of each of the first and second tabs extends toward a second point. Further, within the second region of the first fixation zone, the inner surface of each of the first and second tabs of the first fixation zone extends outwardly from each second point to a respective third point so that the inner surface of each of the first and second tabs from the second point to the third point is arcuate and convex.