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US 12,178,423 B2Granted
Dynamic tensioning devices for orthopedic compression
AssigneeOssiscura, LLC
InventorChad M. Ferguson
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Abstract
Constructs, devices, and methods for dynamically compressing tissue. An exemplary construct comprises a dynamic tensioning device configured to be implanted in a subject and defining a suture-coupling site. The dynamic tensioning device may be deformable superelastically from a resting state to a stretched state. A suture may be connected to the dynamic tensioning device at the suture-coupling site.
Claims13
A construct to compress tissue, comprising:
- a dynamic tensioning device configured to be implanted in a subject and defining a plurality of suture-coupling sites, the dynamic tensioning device being deformable superelastically from a resting state to a stretched state;
- and
- a plurality of sutures configured to couple to the dynamic tensioning device at each of the plurality of suture-coupling sites,
- wherein:
- the dynamic tensioning device defines a first suture-coupling site and a second suture-coupling site of the plurality of suture-coupling sites with a structural member therebetween;
- the plurality of suture-coupling sites are disposed radially around a centrally located mounting aperture formed by the structural member and configured for anchoring the dynamic tensioning device;
- and
- a distance between each of the first suture-coupling site and the second suture-coupling site with the mounting aperture is increased in the stretched state relative to the resting state.
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