Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for correcting unbalanced growth plate activity and for orthodontic applications
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Application No.: US16339777Application Date: 2017-10-04
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Publication No.: US11376048B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Markus Windolf , Michael Schuetz
- Applicant: AO TECHNOLOGY AG
- Applicant Address: CH Chur
- Assignee: AO TECHNOLOGY AG
- Current Assignee: AO TECHNOLOGY AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Chur
- Agency: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP
- Priority: CH01338/16 20161006
- International Application: PCT/CH2017/000088 WO 20171004
- International Announcement: WO2018/064781 WO 20180412
- Main IPC: A61B17/82
- IPC: A61B17/82 ; A61B17/86

Abstract:
An assembly for correcting unbalanced growth plate activity including: (a) an implant formed of wire having (i) a longitudinal central section (2), (ii) a first end (3) configured as a first loop (4) in a form of a first helical coil (9) having a central axis (5) that is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the central section, and (iii) a second end (6) configured as a second loop (7) having a central axis (8) that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the central section; (b) a first bone screw having a shaft section that is insertable through the first loop; and (c) a second bone screw having a shaft section that is insertable through the second loop. A kit for correcting unbalanced growth plate activity and to a method for correcting unbalanced growth plate activity are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200038079A1 DEVICE FOR CORRECTING UNBALANCED GROWTH PLATE ACTIVITY AND FOR ORTHODONTIC APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2020-02-06
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