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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Biomedical Enterprises, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Daniel F. Cheney, San Antonio, TX (US);
Adam T. Knight, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
BioMedical Enterprises, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/064 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0642 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0641 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0645 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implant insertion device is adapted for use with a shape memory implant. The shape memory implant includes a bridge interconnecting first, second, and third legs. The shape memory implant is movable between a first shape in which at least the first leg is substantially non-parallel and a second shape in which at least the first leg is substantially parallel. The implant insertion device engages the shape memory implant to maintain the shape memory implant in its second shape until the delivery of the shape memory implant into tissue or bone.