Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bone structure coupling systems and methods of use
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Application No.: US16289922Application Date: 2019-03-01
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Publication No.: US11666362B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Robert A. Compton , Mark Billy Willits
- Applicant: Robert A. Compton , Mark Billy Willits
- Applicant Address: US OK Bixby
- Assignee: Med Device IP, LLC
- Current Assignee: Med Device IP, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US OK Bixby
- Agency: Lexigent LLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/88
- IPC: A61B17/88 ; A61B17/70 ; A61F2/44 ; A61B17/16 ; A61F2/30 ; A61B17/17 ; A61F2/46 ; A61F2/28

Abstract:
Bone structure coupling devices and methods are provided herein. An example method includes positioning a tubular retraction guide body into a patient, the tubular retraction guide body having two prongs that are positioned in a joint between two adjacent bone structures, creating a hemispherical groove on each of the two adjacent bone structures using a drill bit passed through the tubular retraction guide body, incising out the hemispherical grooves with a broach passed through the tubular retraction guide body, and inserting a graft body having a generally rectangular cross sectional area into the angular grooves to couple the two adjacent bone structures together.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200060733A1 BONE STRUCTURE COUPLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE Public/Granted day:2020-02-27
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