Fusion device
OwnerLoubert S. Suddabyinventor
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Abstract
A fusion device assembly for fusion of a joint, including a fusion device, including a distal end, a proximal end, a radially outward facing surface including threading, a bore extending from the proximal end, at least one flute arranged proximate the distal end, and at least one aperture arranged adjacent to the at least one flute, and a reversibly connected hollow drive shaft for insertion of said device which, in a some embodiments, is hollow to allow addition of supplementary bone graft materials or products, should this be desired, without altering the position of the deployed device.
Claims20
A fusion device assembly for fusion of a joint, comprising:
- a fusion device, including:
- a distal end;
- a proximal end;
- a radially outward facing surface including threading;
- a bore extending from the proximal end;
- at least one flute arranged proximate the distal end;
- and,
- at least one aperture arranged adjacent to the at least one flute.
A fusion device for fusion of a joint, comprising:
- a distal end;
- a proximal end;
- a radially outward facing surface including threading;
- a bore extending from the proximal end;
- at least one flute arranged proximate the distal end;
- at least one aperture arranged adjacent to the at least one flute;
- at least one opening;
- and,
- at least one expandable member operatively arranged in the bore to expand radially through the at least one opening.
The fusion device as recited in claim 19, wherein when the nut is displaced in a first axial direction relative to the proximal end, the at least one expandable member displaces radially outward from the radially outward facing surface.
A fusion device assembly for fusion of a joint, comprising:
- a fusion device, including:
- a distal end having a drill bit;
- a proximal end;
- a radially outward facing surface including threading;
- a bore extending from the proximal end;
- at least one flute arranged proximate the distal end;
- at least one aperture arranged adjacent to the at least one flute;
- at least one opening;
- and,
- at least one expandable member operatively arranged in the bore to expand radially through the at least one opening;
- and,
- a shaft, including:
- a first end;
- a second end operatively arranged to be non-rotatably connected to the proximal end;
- and,
- a through-bore extending from the first end to the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.