Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Noninvasively adjustable suture anchors
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Application No.: US14447391Application Date: 2014-07-30
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Publication No.: US10226242B2Publication Date: 2019-03-12
- Inventor: Edmund J. Roschak , Thomas B. Buford , Blair Walker
- Applicant: NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Main IPC: A61B17/86
- IPC: A61B17/86 ; A61B17/04 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
In one embodiment, an adjustable implant system includes a bone anchor having first and second ends, a bone engagement surface adjacent the first end, and a housing extending between the first and second ends. The adjustable implant system can further include a non-invasively actuatable driving element within the housing and coupled to an adjustment component configured to couple to a flexible elongate tension member which is capable of engaging a patient's soft tissue (e.g., rotator cuff or ACL). Non-invasive actuation of the driving element can cause the adjustment component to change the amount of tension on the flexible elongate tension member and consequently on the patient's soft tissue. The adjustable implant system can include an external adjustment device configured to be placed on or adjacent the patient's skin and comprising at least one energy transferring component configured to energize/actuate the driving element inside the housing of the adjustable implant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150038976A1 NONINVASIVELY ADJUSTABLE SUTURE ANCHORS Public/Granted day:2015-02-05
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