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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Collab, Llc;
Inventor:
Paul A. Zwirkoski, Hamburg Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
COLLAB, LLC, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30749 (2013.01); A61B 17/7094 (2013.01); A61B 17/7097 (2013.01); A61B 17/8635 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30604 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implant for filling and/or distracting a body region, particularly a non-soft tissue cavity, has a plurality of segments wherein at least two of the segments are flexibly connected. The segments have a crush-strength sufficient to create and/or maintain the distraction of two or more non-soft tissue body surfaces, and to maintain the stability of the body region. The implant may be inserted into a cavity by an applicator having a cannula with a distal opening, and a rotary driver for applying force to move the implant within the cannula.