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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Kian-Ming Wong, Lakeland, TN (US);
Jason Edie, Sandy, UT (US);
Assignee:
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/62 (2006.01); A61B 17/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/62 (2013.01); A61B 17/171 (2013.01); A61B 17/6425 (2013.01); A61B 17/645 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device includes a plurality of rings. Each ring has a first face, a second face, and at least one slot defined by first and second interior edges of the ring on opposing sides of the slot. The at least one slot penetrates from the first face to the second face. The first face of each ring has a first recess adjacent the slot on the first edge and a second recess adjacent the slot on the second edge. A plurality of posts join each one of the plurality of rings to an adjacent one of the plurality of rings.