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US 2020/0205990 A1Published application
Calcaneous implant
OwnerJacob WAUGH, Christopher ELKINSinventors
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Abstract
A calcaneal implant for extending the length of a leg of a patient and surgical methods for implanting the implant are described herein.
Claims15
An implantable device comprising:
- a body having a generally half spherical shape, concave inner surface formed from upward extensions of lateral surfaces of the body and an upward extension of the rear surface body, and a distal extension extending from one surface of the body, and
- a posterior thickening below the concave inner surface extending away from the circumferential surface of the body.
A method for lengthening a limb comprising:
- fixedly attaching to a calcaneus bone, an implantable device comprising:
- a body having a generally half spherical shape, concave inner surface formed from upward extensions of lateral surfaces of the body and an upward extension of the rear surface body, and a distal extension extending from one surface of the body, and
- a posterior thickening below the concave inner surface extending away from the circumferential surface of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.