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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2024
Medical device inserter instruments with retractable coupling elements and methods of using the same
Carlsmed, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jeremy Winston, San Diego, CA (US);
Jade Sommers, San Diego, CA (US);
Carlsmed, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
The present technology includes inserter instruments for use with medical implant procedures. The inserter instruments can include features that are expected to enable the inserter instruments to be accurately registered with off-the-shelf or conventional surgical navigation systems. For example, the inserter instruments can include a retractable implant coupling element. The retractable implant coupling element can be selectively transitioned between (a) a first configuration in which the implant coupling element extends past a distal end of a shaft of the inserter, and (b) a second configuration in which the implant coupling element is retracted inside the shaft such that it is flush with, or positioned proximally of, the distal end of the shaft.