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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Nextremity Solutions, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Lon S. Weiner, Rumson, NJ (US);
Stuart D. Katchis, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Arthur A. Alfaro, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Willem H. P. Van Iperen, Westfield, NJ (US);
Mari S. Truman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
NEXTREMITY SOLUTIONS, INC., Warsaw, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61F 2/42 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8685 (2013.01); A61B 17/1682 (2013.01); A61B 17/68 (2013.01); A61B 17/7291 (2013.01); A61F 2/4225 (2013.01); A61F 2/4606 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3085 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30205 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30331 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30481 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30487 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30497 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30538 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30551 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30622 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30624 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30874 (2013.01); A61F 2002/423 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4235 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0025 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0033 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a bone joining device suitable for joining a first bone piece to a second bone piece. Also provided is a method of joining a first bone piece with a second bone piece in a living mammal. The method comprises inserting the above bone joining device between the first bone piece and the second bone piece.