Fracture and nonunion rib implants
AssigneeZimmer Biomet CMF and Thoracic, LLC
InventorsWilliam Maxson, Brian Hatcher
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Abstract
A rib implant securable to first and second rib portions of a rib. The rib implant can include a body, a first porous stem, and a second porous stem. The body can be configured to span a first rib portion of a rib and a second rib portion of the rib. The first porous stem can extend from the body and the first porous stem can be insertable into a first intramedullary canal of the first rib portion. The second porous stem can extend from the body opposite the first porous stem. The second porous stem can be insertable into a second intramedullary canal of the second rib portion to, together with the first porous stem, secure the first rib portion and the second rib portion.
Claims11
A rib implant securable to first and second rib portions of a rib, the rib implant comprising:
- a body including a first end portion and an opposite second end portion, the body configured to span a first rib portion of a rib at the first end portion and a second rib portion of the rib at the second end portion;
- a first stem extending from and extending beyond the first end portion of the body, the first stem being tapered and insertable into a first intramedullary canal of the first rib portion;
- a second stem extending from and extending beyond the second end portion of the body opposite the first stem, the second stem being tapered and insertable into a second intramedullary canal of the second rib portion to secure, together with the first stem, the first rib portion and the second rib portion;
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- a plate extending from the first end portion substantially parallel to the first stem and extending beyond the body, the plate configured to engage a face of the first rib portion when the first stem is inserted into the first intramedullary canal of the first rib portion.
A rib implant securable to first and second rib portions of a rib, the rib implant comprising:
- a body including a first end portion and an opposite second end portion, the body configured to span a first rib portion of a rib at the first end portion and a second rib portion of the rib at the second end portion;
- a first stem extending from the first end portion of the body, the first stem insertable into a first intramedullary canal of the first rib portion;
- a second stem extending from the second end portion of the body opposite the first stem, the second stem insertable into a second intramedullary canal of the second rib portion to secure, together with the first stem, the first rib portion and the second rib portion;
- a first plate extending from the first end portion substantially parallel to the first stem, the first plate configured to engage a face of the first rib portion when the first stem is inserted into the first intramedullary canal of the first rib portion;
- a second plate extending from the second end portion substantially parallel to the second stem, the second plate configured to engage a face of the second rib portion when the second stem is inserted into the intramedullary canal of the second rib portion;
- a first flange connected between the body and the first stem, the first flange engageable with the first rib portion;
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- a second flange connected between the body and the second stem, the second flange engageable with the second rib portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.