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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc., Marquette, MI (US);
Inventor:
Matthew P. Gephart, Marquette, MI (US);
Assignee:
Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc., Marquette, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/808 (2013.01); A61B 17/1728 (2013.01); A61B 17/8004 (2013.01); A61B 17/8085 (2013.01); A61B 17/8645 (2013.01); A61B 17/8863 (2013.01); A61B 17/0642 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one form, a bone compression device is provided having a shape-retentive bone plate with an initial, unflexed configuration and a flexed configuration. The bone plate may be shifted to the flexed configuration and secured to bones using bone screws of the bone compression device. Once the bone plate has been secured to the bones, the bone plate returns toward its unflexed configuration which compresses the bones.