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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Trimed Inc., Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert Medoff, Kailua, HI (US);
Assignee:
TriMed Inc., Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/809 (2013.01); A61B 17/8004 (2013.01); A61B 17/8052 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for maintaining a position of a first bone part relative to a second bone part. The apparatus has a unitary body made up of at least one elongate formed wire component and a base. A fastener is used to anchor the base to one of the bone parts to thereby maintain the apparatus in an operative position wherein at least a portion of the one elongate formed wire component engages at least the other bone part.