Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible elongated chain implant and method of supporting body tissue with same
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Application No.: US15333275Application Date: 2016-10-25
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Publication No.: US09956085B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Dominique Messerli
- Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Agency: Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
- Main IPC: A61F2/44
- IPC: A61F2/44 ; A61B17/68 ; A61B17/70 ; A61B17/00 ; A61F2/36

Abstract:
Implants and methods for augmentation, preferably by minimally invasive procedures and means, of body tissue, including in some embodiments repositioning of body tissue, for example, bone and, preferably vertebrae are described. The implant may comprise one or more chain linked bodies inserted into the interior of body tissue. As linked bodies are inserted into body tissue, they may fill a central portion thereof and for example in bone can push against the inner sides of the cortical exterior surface layer, for example the end plates of a vertebral body, thereby providing structural support and tending to restore the body tissue to its original or desired treatment height. A bone cement or other filler can be added to further augment and stabilize the body tissue. The preferred implant comprises a single flexible monolithic chain formed of allograft cortical bone having a plurality of substantially non-flexible bodies connected by substantially flexible links.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170035573A1 FLEXIBLE ELONGATED CHAIN IMPLANT AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING BODY TISSUE WITH SAME Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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