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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9949775 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2017

Hammer toe implant with expansion portion for retrograde approach

Applicant:

Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);

Inventors:

Wesley Reed, Memphis, TN (US);

Dinesh V. Koka, Memphis, TN (US);

Assignee:

Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);

Attorney:

Duane Morris LLP

Primary Examiner:

Larry E Waggle, Jr

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61F 2/42 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 17/56 (2013.01); A61B 17/7266 (2013.01); A61B 17/7291 (2013.01); A61B 17/844 (2013.01); A61B 17/862 (2013.01); A61B 17/88 (2013.01); A61B 17/8883 (2013.01); A61F 2/4225 (2013.01); A61F 2/4606 (2013.01); A61B 17/14 (2013.01); A61B 17/1682 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/565 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30322 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30622 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30789 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30886 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30891 (2013.01); A61F 2002/423 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4228 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4233 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4235 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes and implant and an elongate device. The implant includes a first bone engaging portion and a flexible portion coupled to an end of the first bone engaging portion at an engagement portion. The flexible portion is configured to be compressed toward a longitudinal axis defined by the flexible portion. The elongate device includes an engagement end that is sized and configured to engage the engagement portion of the implant.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Reed, Wesley. (2018). Hammer toe implant with expansion portion for retrograde approach (U.S. Patent No. 9949775). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9949775

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