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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2007
Applicant:
Michael D. Ensign, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventor:
Michael D. Ensign, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Nexus Spine, L.L.C., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/58 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 17/7055 (2013.01); A61B 17/8685 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one exemplary embodiment, an expandable ring is provided including a continuous ring member having no splits or breaks. According to one exemplary embodiment, the expandable ring is a compliant mechanism configured to expand and contract due to a relative movement of related sections of the continuous ring member.