US 2026/0191570 A1 · MINIMALLY INVASIVE RIB FRACTURE ANCHORING FIXATION

Abstract

An implant assembly (300) is securable to a human rib and includes an implant (302), an anchor (304a), and a bracket (310). The implant includes an elongate body (307) engageable with a surface of the rib. The elongate body defines a first bore and a second bore each extending at least partially through the body. The anchor is insertable at least partially into a hole formed in the rib and at least partially into the first bore. The bracket is engageable with the implant and configured to receive at least a portion of the anchor therethrough, the anchor is operable to secure the bracket and the suture anchor to the implant and the rib.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An implant assembly securable to a human rib, the implant assembly comprising:

an implant including an elongate body engageable with a surface of the rib, the elongate body defining a first bore and a second bore each extending at least partially through the elongate body;
an anchor insertable at least partially into a hole formed in the rib and at least partially into the first bore;
and
a bracket engageable with the implant and configured to receive at least a portion of the anchor therethrough, the anchor operable to secure the bracket and the anchor to the implant and the rib.

1 more element

A method of securing an implant to human bone of a patient, the method comprising:

forming a first hole in a first rib portion;
creating an incision located near the first rib portion;
inserting a first suture of a first anchor assembly through the first hole into a thoracic cavity of the patient and out of the thoracic cavity through the incision;
engaging an exterior portion of the first rib portion with an implant;
inserting a first bracket of the first anchor assembly at least partially through the implant, the first suture connected to the first bracket;
and
manipulating the first suture of the first anchor assembly to tighten the first anchor assembly to the implant and the first rib portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/131,811Filed 20 Nov 2023

Priority

12 Dec 2022

Published

9 Jul 2026

Term ends

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Classification12 codes

A61B 17/8076
Specially adapted for particular bones: for the ribs or the sternum
A61B 17/0401
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to…
A61B 17/7053
Spinal positioners or stabilisers, e.g. stabilisers comprising fluid filler in an implant: with parts attached to bones or to each other by…
A61B 17/8869
Osteosynthesis instruments; Methods or means for implanting or extracting internal or external fixation devices: tensioning devices

Minimally invasive rib fracture anchoring fixation

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Minimally invasive rib fracture anchoring fixation

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Abstract

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