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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2024
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Colin S. Gregersen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, UT (US);
Charles L. Saltzman, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Chase Hagman, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A dynamic compression implant may be insertable into a bone, and may have a distal member with distal bone-engaging threads, a proximal member that slidably engages the distal member, and a tension member with a proximal end coupled to the proximal member, and a distal end coupled to the distal member such that, in response to motion of the distal member distally away from the proximal member, the tension member elongates and urges the distal member to move proximally toward the proximal member. The bone screw may further have an interpositional member, formed separately from the proximal member and the distal member, that cooperates with the proximal member and the distal member to form a torque transmission feature that transmits torque between the proximal member and the distal member. The dynamic compression implant may be a bone screw, intramedullary implant, or other implant that applies compression across two bone portions.