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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
May. 26, 2022
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
David Downey, Downington, PA (US);
David Pancratz, Helotes, TX (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
An orthopedic implant system adapted to fixate bone includes a bridge with first and second bores therethrough and first and second elastic members extending from the bridge respectively into the first bore and the second bore. During insertion respectively of anchoring devices through the first and second bores and into the bone, the anchoring devices respectively contact the first and second elastic members and depress the first and second elastic members respectively into the first and second bores such that the first and second elastic members deform to store energy therein while transitioning from a natural shape to a fixation shape. After insertion of the anchoring devices, the first and second elastic members, in attempted transitions from the fixation shape to the natural shape, respectively deliver the energy stored therein to the anchoring devices such that the anchoring devices urge the bone into a fixation position.