公开(公告)号：US12016604B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17939696

申请日：2022-09-07

申请人： DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.

发明人： Firas Souleiman ,  Ivan Zderic ,  Torsten Pastor ,  Dominic Gehweiler ,  Boyko Gueorguiev-Rüegg ,  Michael Swords ,  Tim Schepers ,  Matthew Tomlinson ,  Charles Horrell ,  Nicholas Mourlas ,  Jon Thompson ,  Todd Kent ,  Jessica Galie

IPC分类号： A61B17/86 ,  A61B17/88 ,  A61F2/30 ,  A61F2/42

CPC分类号： A61B17/8685 ,  A61B17/863 ,  A61B17/866 ,  A61B17/8866 ,  A61F2002/30622 ,  A61F2002/3085 ,  A61F2/4202

摘要： An example method is provided for maintaining stability to an injury defined by a separation of two bones (e.g., the tibia and fibula), the separation being an injured distance greater than a pre-injury distance between the two bones in a first human patient. The method may include delivering a first apparatus for approximation of the two bones in the first human patient comprising the injury, the first apparatus including a flexible segment disposed between a first anchor and a second anchor. The method may further include maintaining, by the first apparatus, a restored distance between the two bones in the first human patient after a repetitive dynamic loading, the restored distance approximately equal to the pre-injury distance.