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US 11,723,775 B2Granted
Magnetic medical implants
OwnerAsheesh Bediinventor
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Abstract
A medical implant for a human shoulder joint includes a first magnetic implant fixed to the non-articular surface of the greater tuberosity of the human shoulder joint, and a second magnetic implant fixed to an outer surface and underside of the acromion of the human shoulder joint. At least one of the first and second magnetic implants generates a magnetic field that urges the first and second magnetic implants away from each other and thereby distracts the humeral head of the human shoulder joint from the acromion.
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A medical implant for a human shoulder joint, comprising:
- a first magnetic implant fixed to an outer surface of the greater tuberosity of the human shoulder joint;
- and
- a second magnetic implant fixed to an outer surface and underside of the acromion of the human shoulder joint,
- wherein at least one of the first and second magnetic implants generates a magnetic field that urges the first and second magnetic implants away from each other and thereby distracts the humeral head of the human shoulder joint from the acromion.
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A medical implant for a joint, comprising:
- a first magnetic implant fixed to an outer surface of a first non-articular surface of the joint;
- and
- a second magnetic implant fixed to an outer surface of a second non-articular surface of the joint,
- wherein at least one of the first and second magnetic implants generates a magnetic field that urges the first and second magnetic implants away from each other and thereby distracts a first bone portion of the joint from a second bone portion of the joint.
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A method, comprising:
- making a minimally invasive incision in the skin of a patient at a location of a joint;
- inserting a first magnetic implant through the incision and fixing the first magnetic implant to an outer surface of a first non-articular surface of the joint;
- inserting a second magnetic implant through the incision and fixing the second magnetic implant to an outer surface of a second non-articular surface of the joint;
- generating a magnetic field with at least one of the first and second magnetic implants and thereby urging the first and second magnetic implants away from each other;
- and
- distracting a first bone portion of the joint from a second bone portion of the joint as the first and second magnetic implants are urged away from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.