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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Woven Orthopedic Technologies, Llc., Manchester, CT (US);
Inventors:
A. Alexander Jones, Savannah, GA (US);
Anthony Viscogliosi, Manchester, CT (US);
Assignee:
WOVEN ORTHOPEDIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Manchester, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/686 (2013.01); A61B 17/685 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sleeve system for lining a hole of a surgical screw in a bone or tissue of a subject includes a woven sleeve having a first end, a second end, and an elongated body. The elongated body has an interior portion. The first end includes an aperture that accesses the interior portion. The sleeve system also includes a protective tip that may be inserted through the aperture of the first end of the sleeve. The protective tip at least partially protects tissue of the subject from a screw positioned within the sleeve.