Press-Fit Anterior Cervical Plate
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200253645A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-13

    申请号:US16786878

    申请日:2020-02-10

    申请人: Nexus Spine, LLC

    摘要: Orthopedic plates (including anterior cervical plates), plate systems, and methods of use allow orthopedic screws to be placed with full visualization. This allows screw placement without use of specialized locating instruments or pins. The new plates are introduced to the surgical wound after the screws are placed and are secured by a press or interference fit. Because the screws are placed before the plates are introduced, the screws function as attachment points for distraction implements. The new plates and plate systems obviate the need to achieve a particular position and angulation of screws. The screws allow more angulation, and plate eyes adjust to screw position. Plate eyes translate to match the effective plate size to the screw placement, thereby allowing each plate to fit multiple screw spacings. Plates are adapted to adjust to bone remodeling or subsidence. Screw eyes can slide to maintain graft contact and compression.

    Self-Retaining Screwdriver
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180235684A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-23

    申请号:US15795240

    申请日:2017-10-26

    申请人: Nexus Spine, LLC

    IPC分类号: A61B17/88 A61B17/70

    摘要: A self-retaining screwdriver includes an elongate inner driver rod and an outer sleeve disposed about the inner driver rod and having a distal end, the distal end having a plurality of fingers. Each of the fingers includes a retention feature. The retention feature may be formed as an area of thickening of the finger, whereby an effective diameter of the outer sleeve at the retention features of the fingers is increased. When the inner driver rod is disposed within the outer sleeve with a distal portion of the inner driver rod extended as far as the retention feature, the presence of the inner driver rod prevents the fingers from being radially displaced inwardly. When the inner driver rod is at least partially withdrawn, the distal portion of the inner driver rod does not extend to a distal end of the fingers, and the fingers can be radially displaced inwardly.

    Additive manufacturing for spinal implants
    6.
    发明申请
    Additive manufacturing for spinal implants 审中-公开
    脊柱植入物的添加剂制造

    公开(公告)号:US20170020571A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-26

    申请号:US14998660

    申请日:2016-01-28

    申请人: Nexus Spine, LLC

    IPC分类号: A61B17/70 B33Y80/00 B33Y10/00

    摘要: Medical implants and implant components are formed by additive manufacturing processes. The additive manufacturing process used results in the implants or implant components having surfaces having a higher coefficient of friction as opposed to a similar implant manufactured using a different process, such as having a machined surface. The higher coefficient of friction of the relevant surface is particularly useful for multi-component implants that are to have a fixed relationship between the components based at least in part on a frictional engagement between them. While manufacturing via an additive manufacturing process may result in an implant component having slightly less strength for its size when compared with traditional manufacturing methods, the advantage of the increased coefficient of friction may offset any loss of component strength, and may allow for overall reduced implant size while maintaining other desirable implant characteristics.

    摘要翻译: 医疗植入物和植入物组分通过添加剂制造工艺形成。 使用的添加剂制造方法导致具有较高摩擦系数的表面的植入物或植入物组件与使用不同工艺(例如具有加工表面)制造的类似植入物相反。 相关表面的较高摩擦系数特别适用于至少部分地基于它们之间的摩擦接合的部件之间具有固定关系的多部件植入物。 当与传统的制造方法相比,通过添加剂制造方法制造可能导致植入物部件的尺寸稍微小于其尺寸的强度,增加的摩擦系数的优点可以抵消部件强度的任何损失,并且可以允许整体减少植入物 同时保持其它期望的植入特征。

    IBD Expandable Ti
    7.
    发明申请
    IBD Expandable Ti 审中-公开
    IBD可膨胀钛

    公开(公告)号:US20160074174A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-17

    申请号:US14854019

    申请日:2015-09-14

    申请人: Nexus Spine, LLC

    IPC分类号: A61F2/44

    摘要: An expandable interbody spacer for use in spinal fusion procedures includes a plurality of rigid segments connected by flexible connections to form a ring encompassing and defining a hollow central area of variable dimensions. The flexible connections between the plurality of rigid segments may include flexible regions formed between the rigid segments or a continuous flexible member extending along a multisegmented region. The flexible regions formed between the rigid segments may be integrally formed with the rigid segments. One or more of the flexible regions formed between the rigid segments may include a plurality of flexure divisions extending between adjacent rigid segments. One or more of the flexible regions formed between the rigid segments may include a flexure extending between adjacent rigid segments. The rigid segments may include surfaces to limit the range of motion between adjoining rigid segments.

    摘要翻译: 用于脊柱融合程序的可扩展的椎体间隔件包括通过柔性连接件连接的多个刚性区段,以形成围绕并限定可变尺寸的中空中心区域的环。 多个刚性段之间的柔性连接可以包括形成在刚性段之间的柔性区域或沿多段分段区域延伸的连续柔性构件。 形成在刚性段之间的柔性区域可以与刚性段一体形成。 形成在刚性段之间的一个或多个柔性区域可以包括在相邻的刚性段之间延伸的多个挠曲区段。 形成在刚性段之间的一个或多个柔性区可包括在相邻的刚性段之间延伸的挠曲。 刚性段可以包括限制相邻刚性段之间的运动范围的表面。

    Deployable ramped nose for implantable medical devices

    公开(公告)号:US11813178B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-14

    申请号:US17177073

    申请日:2021-02-16

    申请人: Nexus Spine, LLC

    发明人: Peter Halverson

    摘要: A surgical implant includes a deployable, retractable, or removable ramped nose. During insertion of the implant, the ramped nose is deployed such that the ramped nose can serve to distract a space into which the implant is inserted. At some point during or after insertion, the ramped nose can be collapsed and removed or retracted so that it does not extend beyond the space into which the implant is inserted, while the implant extends at full height throughout the space into which the implant is inserted. The implant includes an implant body having a deployable ramped nose adapted to selectively extend from the body and transition from a first height proximate the implant body to a second, shorter, height distal from the implant body. The deployable ramped nose is adapted to distract an implant site upon insertion of the implantable medical device.

    Deployable Ramped Nose for Implantable Medical Devices

    公开(公告)号:US20210251775A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US17177073

    申请日:2021-02-16

    申请人: Nexus Spine, LLC

    发明人: Peter Halverson

    IPC分类号: A61F2/46 A61F2/44 A61B17/02

    摘要: A surgical implant includes a deployable, retractable, or removable ramped nose. During insertion of the implant, the ramped nose is deployed such that the ramped nose can serve to distract a space into which the implant is inserted. At some point during or after insertion, the ramped nose can be collapsed and removed or retracted so that it does not extend beyond the space into which the implant is inserted, while the implant extends at full height throughout the space into which the implant is inserted. The implant includes an implant body having a deployable ramped nose adapted to selectively extend from the body and transition from a first height proximate the implant body to a second, shorter, height distal from the implant body. The deployable ramped nose is adapted to distract an implant site upon insertion of the implantable medical device.

    Methods for Developing Porous Implants of Optimal Properties

    公开(公告)号:US20200286593A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-10

    申请号:US16813720

    申请日:2020-03-09

    申请人: Nexus Spine, LLC

    摘要: A porous implant design method includes defining a design volume for a porous implant, a load to be borne by the design volume, and an objective function solution characteristic related to the design volume. Next, the load is divided into a plurality of sub-loads and an optimization procedure is performed: until all sub-loads have been applied, one of the plurality of sub-loads is applied to the material in the design volume, material from the design volume is removed such that remaining material within the design volume is capable of bearing one of the plurality of sub-loads while satisfying the objection function solution characteristic; the remaining material defines a void space without material, the void space is set as a new design volume for any remaining sub-loads, the new design volume is set as being full of material. Then, the remaining material from each cycle of the optimization is combined.