US 11,918,477 B2Granted

Implant

AssigneeSpinol Ltd.

InventorsRoey Shafrir, Shahar Dror, Haim Shlalom Shnider

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Abstract

An implant constituted of: a body exhibiting a longitudinal axis; proximal arms extending from the body, each of the proximal arms extending in a respective direction and exhibiting a respective acute angle with the longitudinal axis, the body positioned between the proximal arms; distal arms extending from the body, each of the distal arms extending in a respective direction and exhibiting a respective acute angle with the longitudinal axis, the respective directions of extension of the distal arms generally opposing the respective directions of extension of the proximal arms, the body positioned between the distal arms; and intermediate arm assemblies extending from the body, each of the intermediate arm assemblies extending in a respective direction rotated about the longitudinal axis from the respective extension directions of the proximal arms and exhibiting a respective acute angle with the longitudinal axis, the body positioned between the intermediate arm assemblies.

Claims12

Dependent claims

An implant, the implant comprising:

a body having a proximal end and a distal end, the body extending along a longitudinal axis;
a pair of proximal arms coupled at the distal end of said body, each of said pair of proximal arms extending from the distal end of said body in a respective direction towards the proximal end of the body at a respective acute angle with said longitudinal axis, said body positioned between said pair of proximal arms;
a pair of distal arms coupled at the proximal end of said body, each of said pair of distal arms extending from the proximal end of said body in a respective direction towards the distal end of the body at a respective acute angle with said longitudinal axis, said body positioned between said pair of distal arms;
and
a pair of intermediate arm assemblies coupled at the distal end of said body, each of said pair of intermediate arm assemblies extending towards the proximal end of the body and curving away from said longitudinal axis, said body positioned between said pair of intermediate arm assemblies.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/075,351Filed 20 Oct 2020 · continuation
Priority: 15 Mar 2018
Published: US 2021/0137694 A113 May 2021
Granted: 5 Mar 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A61F 2/44
Joints: for the spine, e.g. vertebrae or spinal discs
A61F 2/442
For the spine, e.g. vertebrae or spinal discs: intervertebral or spinal discs, e.g. resilient
A61F 2002/30092
Properties of materials and coating materials: using shape memory or superelastic materials, e.g. nitinol
A61F 2002/30131
Rounded shapes, e.g. with rounded corners: horseshoe- or crescent- or C-shaped or U-shaped

Family

Application62/643,236Us provisional application · filed 15 Mar 2018
PCT/IL2019/050263Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Mar 2019
US 2021/0137694 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 May 2021
Application16/480,705Parent of this continuation
US 10,842,639 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2020/0268521 A1Published application
US 11,918,477 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.