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US 12,569,353 B2Granted
System and method for a medical implant with integrated propulsors
OwnerRandall F. Lee, Ian A. Leeinventors
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Abstract
Disclosed are embodiments of medical implants containing an integrated propulsor system. Additionally, methods of insertion are also disclosed.
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A method of joining two boney structures together using a surgical implant, the method comprising:
- rotating a first propulsor of the surgical implant about the first propulsor's longitudinal axis in a first rotational direction within a first boney structure to propel an implant in a first longitudinal direction;
- rotating a second propulsor of the surgical implant about the second propulsor's longitudinal axis in an opposing rotational direction within a second boney structure to propel an implant in the first longitudinal direction;
- harvesting bone tissue from a distal side of the surgical implant into a retaining cavity of the surgical implant as the surgical implant is propelled forward, and
- harvesting bone tissue from at least one lateral side of the surgical implant into the retaining cavity as the surgical implant is propelled forward.
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A method of joining two boney structures together using a surgical implant, the method comprising:
- laterally biasing a first propulsor of the surgical implant with respect to a second propulsor of the surgical implant;
- stabilizing the biasing of the first propulsor with respect to the second propulsor during implantation and positioning;
- rotating the first propulsor of the surgical implant about the first propulsor's longitudinal axis in a first rotational direction within a first boney structure to propel an implant in a first longitudinal direction;
- rotating a second propulsor of the surgical implant about the second propulsor's longitudinal axis in an opposing rotational direction within a second boney structure to propel an implant in the first longitudinal direction;
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- removing the stabilizing such that the first boney structure is laterally compressed against the second boney structure.
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A method of joining two boney structures together using a surgical implant, the method comprising:
- inducing a rotation in an actuating shaft;
- rotating a first secondary shaft in a first rotational direction as a result of rotating the actuating shaft;
- rotating a second secondary shaft in a second rotational direction as a result of rotating the actuating shaft;
- rotating a first propulsor of the surgical implant about the first propulsor's longitudinal axis in a first rotational direction within a first boney structure as a result of rotating the first secondary shaft;
- rotating a second propulsor of the surgical implant about the second propulsor's longitudinal axis in a second rotational direction within a second boney structure to propel an implant in the first longitudinal direction;
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- propelling the surgical implant in a longitudinal direction as a result of rotating the first propulsor in a first rotational direction and rotating the second propulsor in a second rotational direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.