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AssigneeMedos International Sarl
InventorsDavid B. Spenciner, Stefan Gabriel, Mehmet Ziya Sengun, Donald E. Barry, Philipp Moroder, Marc Jacofsky, Aaron Chamberlain, Annemarie Bridgette von Rechenberg, John M. Tokish, Brianna Lee, Gary McAlister, Benjamin Cleveland
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In general, scapular tethers and methods of using scapular tethers are provided. A tether is configured to be implanted in a body of a patient and to control movement of the patient's scapula. In an exemplary embodiment, the tether is configured to be attached to at least one body structure in a patient. The tether includes a flexible member configured to, when implanted in the patient, flex in response to movement of the patient's scapula accompanying arm movement of the patient.
A surgical system, comprising:
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A surgical system, comprising:
The system of claim 20, wherein the elongate flexible implant is configured to be implanted in the person with a terminal end of the elongate flexible implant attached to a rib of the person.
The system of claim 20, wherein the cam is configured to automatically move in a first direction with the movement of the scapula caused by the arm movement of the person;
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The system of claim 20, further comprising a second cam configured to be implanted in the body of the person, the second cam being configured to attach to the other of the scapula and the rib of the person;
A surgical method, comprising:
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.