Adjustable absorber designs for implantable device
AssigneeMoximed, Inc.
InventorsJoshua Makower, Clinton N. Slone, Alan C. Regala, Michael E. Landry, Anton G. Clifford
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Abstract
A system for manipulating energy transferred by members defining a joint. The system includes a first attachment structure configured to be attached to a first member of the joint and a second attachment structure configured to be attached to a second member of the joint. There is also an adjustable energy absorbing device attached to the first attachment structure and second attachment structure, wherein adjusting the energy absorbing device changes the load manipulating characteristics of the energy absorbing device.
Claims13
An implantable system for manipulating energy transferred by first and second members defining a joint, the system comprising:
- a first attachment structure configured to be attached to the first member of the joint;
- a second attachment structure configured to be attached to the second member of the joint;
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- an adjustable energy manipulation device attached to the first attachment structure and second attachment structure, the adjustable energy manipulation device includes at least one spring arranged to bias the first and second attachment structures apart and one or more adjustable assemblies, wherein at least one adjustable assembly of the one or more adjustable assemblies comprises a plurality of non-threaded teeth and a locking collar configured to contact the teeth to lock the adjustable energy manipulation device to adjust a size of the energy manipulation device to affect an amount of compression in the spring;
- wherein the spring has a size and the adjustable energy manipulation device is movable to an orientation so that the adjustable energy manipulation device has a size greater than the size of the spring and beyond which the spring is under no load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.