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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Orthopediatrics Corp., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Angus James Gray, New South Wales, AU;
Evangelos Tozakoglou, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Matt Prygoski, Warsaw, IN (US);
Collin Gibbs, Columbia City, IN (US);
Assignee:
OrthoPediatrics Corp., Warsaw, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7005 (2013.01); A61B 17/7001 (2013.01); A61B 17/7007 (2013.01); A61B 17/7032 (2013.01); A61B 17/809 (2013.01); A61B 17/8625 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices for the tailored restraint of two separate bones, in which the bones are generally permitted to rotate relative to one another, or move toward each other, but are restrained from separating beyond a predetermined, fixed distance. In some embodiments, the restraint is provided by compressing a tether into a notched groove.