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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
May. 24, 2018
Stryker European Holdings I, Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
M. Todd Miller, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr, Bloomingdale, NJ (US);
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A surgical implant system includes an implant and a fixation member for securing the implant to tissue. The implant and the fixation member together comprise a single monolithic structure. The implant includes an insertion instrument. The implant, the fixation member, and the insertion instrument together comprise a single monolithic structure and are constructed from a single material. The implant is monolithically connected to the fixation member at a first frangible connection and is monolithically connected to the insertion instrument at a second frangible connection. Each of the frangible connections can be broken when force is applied.