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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.;
Firas Souleiman, Raynham, MA (US);
Ivan Zderic, Raynham, MA (US);
Torsten Pastor, Raynham, MA (US);
Dominic Gehweiler, Raynham, MA (US);
Boyko Gueorguiev-Rüegg, Raynham, MA (US);
Michael Swords, Raynham, MA (US);
Tim Schepers, Raynham, MA (US);
Matthew Tomlinson, Raynham, MA (US);
Charles Horrell, Raynham, MA (US);
Nicholas Mourlas, Raynham, MA (US);
Jon Thompson, Raynham, MA (US);
Todd Kent, Raynham, MA (US);
Jessica Galie, Raynham, MA (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
An example method is provided for maintaining stability to an injury defined by a separation of two bones (e.g., the tibia and fibula), the separation being an injured distance greater than a pre-injury distance between the two bones in a first human patient. The method may include delivering a first apparatus for approximation of the two bones in the first human patient comprising the injury, the first apparatus including a flexible segment disposed between a first anchor and a second anchor. The method may further include maintaining, by the first apparatus, a restored distance between the two bones in the first human patient after a repetitive dynamic loading, the restored distance approximately equal to the pre-injury distance.