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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2023
Applicant:

Nuvasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eric Chevalier, Palaiseau, FR;

William Mercier, Paris, FR;

Assignee:

Nuvasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7016 (2013.01); A61B 17/7216 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00991 (2013.01); A61B 34/73 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02);
Abstract

An implant includes: an inner rod having an outer surface; an outer rod in telescopic engagement with the inner rod, the outer rod having a threaded inner surface in axial slidable engagement with the outer surface of the inner rod; the inner rod and the outer rod each having an end configured for attachment to bone; a rotational actuator housed within the inner rod; and a lead screw in axial alignment with the rotational actuator and rotationally coupled thereto, the lead screw in threaded engagement with the threaded inner surface of the outer rod, whereby rotational motion of the actuator is converted into linear motion, resulting in telescopic changes in the overall axial length of the device.


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