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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2009
Jeffrey Zhang, Collierville, TN (US);
Randall N. Allard, Issaquah, WA (US);
Frank J. Schwab, New York, NY (US);
Lawrence G. Lenke, St. Louis, MO (US);
Carlos E. Gil, Collierville, TN (US);
Greg C. Marik, Collierville, TN (US);
Jeffrey Zhang, Collierville, TN (US);
Randall N. Allard, Issaquah, WA (US);
Frank J. Schwab, New York, NY (US);
Lawrence G. Lenke, St. Louis, MO (US);
Carlos E. Gil, Collierville, TN (US);
Greg C. Marik, Collierville, TN (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A tissue extender includes a ring defining a proximal end opening to engage a head of a subcutaneous screw, a first extender portion coupled to the ring at a proximal end of the first extender portion, and a second extender portion coupled to the ring at a proximal end of the second extender portion. The first extender portion includes a first coupling portion disposed at a distal end of the first extender portion, and the second extender portion includes a second coupling portion at a distal end of the second extender portion. The first and second extender portions define two side openings disposed on opposite sides of the tissue extender. The distal ends of the first and second extender portions together define a distal end opening. The first coupling portion engages the second coupling portion when the tissue extender is in an extended state. The distal end opening is larger in the extended state than in an unextended state.