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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2019
Applicant:
K2m, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Behrooz Akbarnia, LaJolla, CA (US);
Burt Yaszay, San Diego, CA (US);
Brandon Moore, Leesburg, VA (US);
Stuart Weikel, Leesburg, VA (US);
Clint Boyd, Winchester, VA (US);
Assignee:
K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7053 (2013.01); A61B 17/8869 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible implant system includes a flexible implant, an implant housing, and an implant set screw. The flexible implant is configured to loop around a portion of a bony element. The implant housing includes a housing body defining a rod passage configured to receive an rod. The housing body also defines an implant passage that receives a portion of the flexible implant. The implant set screw engages the flexible implant within the implant passage to fix the flexible implant to the implant housing.