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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2013
Applicants:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Paul Pavlov, Nijmegen, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7055 (2013.01); A61F 2/447 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2/30744 (2013.01); A61F 2/4405 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3008 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3082 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30266 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30578 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30594 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30774 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30785 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30787 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30836 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30878 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30879 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30891 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30904 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30995 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4623 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4627 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4677 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implant includes an implant body sized and shaped for insertion into a sacro-iliac joint, the implant including a first bone fixation element receiving channel extending through a portion thereof along a first central axis oriented so that, when the implant body is received within the sacro-iliac joint in a desired configuration, a bone fixation element inserted into the first bone fixation element receiving channel will extend into a first one of the bones forming the joint.