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US 12,324,746 B2Granted
Implant, system including implant, and method of using system
AssigneeGS Solutions, Inc.
InventorHanjin Shin
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Abstract
An implant includes a plate having a plurality of fastener holes, the plurality of fastener holes being configured to receive a plurality of fasteners, respectively; a spacer coupled to the plate and configured to be inserted into a treatment region; and a fastener lock movably coupled to the plate and configured to lock the plurality of fasteners.
Claims18
An implant, comprising:
- a plate having a plurality of fastener holes, the plurality of fastener holes being configured to receive a plurality of fasteners, respectively;
- a spacer coupled to the plate and configured to be inserted into a treatment region;
- and
- a fastener lock movably coupled to the plate and configured to lock the plurality of fasteners,
- wherein the fastener lock includes a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of flaps, the plurality of protrusions and the plurality of flaps together defining recesses that match an end portion of an inserter, the plurality of flaps being configured to overlap the plurality of fasteners, respectively, when the fastener lock rotates in a given rotational direction.
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A system, comprising:
- an implant;
- and
- an inserter configured to be removably coupled to the implant and insert the implant into a treatment region,
- wherein the implant includes:
- a plate having a plurality of fastener holes, the plurality of fastener holes being configured to receive a plurality of fasteners, respectively;
- a spacer coupled to the plate;
- and
- a fastener lock movably coupled to the plate and configured to lock the plurality of fasteners,
- wherein the fastener lock includes:
- a ring portion rotatably coupled to a hole of the plate disposed substantially at a central location of the plate;
- and
- a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of flaps, the plurality of flaps being configured to overlap the plurality of fasteners, respectively, when the fastener lock rotates in a given rotational direction, and
- wherein the inserter includes:
- an inner shaft having a first end and a second end, the second end of the inner shaft being configured to be coupled to the hole of the plate;
- and
- an outer shaft having a first end, a second end, and a bore, the second end of the outer shaft being configured to match recesses defined by the plurality of protrusions and the plurality of flaps of the fastener lock, the inner shaft being inserted into the bore of the outer shaft.
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A method, comprising:
- coupling an inserter to a plate of an implant by rotating the inserter;
- inserting the implant into a treatment region;
- fastening the implant using a plurality of fasteners;
- and
- securing the plurality of fasteners with a fastener lock of the implant by rotating the inserter,
- wherein the inserter includes a first shaft and a second shaft, the first shaft being inserted into a bore of the second shaft, and
- wherein the implant is threadedly coupled to a distal end of the first shaft of the inserter by rotating the first shaft in a first rotational direction, and the plurality of fasteners are secured with the fastener lock by rotating the second shaft of the inserter in a second rotational direction, the second rotational direction being opposite to the first rotational direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.