Form-fitting mesh implant
AssigneeLeibinger GmbH
InventorErhard Reisberg
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Abstract
A mesh grid implant of titanium or other biocompatible material having a plurality of orifice plate sections that accept bone screws and having curved connecting arms coupling each orifice plate section with each adjacent orifice plate section. The length of the curved arm and the included angle may be set to determine the flexibility of the mesh grid. The curved arms allow the mesh to cover not only flat bone segments but also to conform to curved, concave, and convex bone surfaces.
Claims9
A form-fitting mesh implant for the fixation and immobilization of bone fragments and bridging of bone defects or gaps at one or more sites of a patient including:
- a mesh of biocompatible metallic material having a plurality of plate sections forming a grid with an interior area and an exterior periphery;
- an orifice in each plate section for receiving a bone screw;
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- four arms integrally formed with each plate section in the interior area, each arm having at least two arm sections connected at a bend and connecting a plate section in the interior area with an adjacent plate section such that the arm can be selectively compressed, stretched, and contoured primarily by deformation at said bend to fixate bone fragments in a particular anatomical shape.
A form-fitting mesh implant for the fixation and immobilization of bone fragments and bridging of bone defects or gaps at one or more sites of a patient comprising:
- a mesh of biocompatible metallic material having a plurality of plate sections forming a grid with an interior area and an exterior periphery;
- an orifice in each plate section for receiving a bone screw;
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- three arms integrally formed with each plate section in said interior area, each arm connecting each plate section in said interior area with an adjacent plate section;
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- each of said arms having at least two arm sections connected at a bend such that the arm can be selectively compressed, stretched, and contoured primarily by deformation at said bend to fixate bone fragments in a particular anatomical shape.
A form-fitting mesh implant for the fixation and immobilization of bone fragments and bridging of bone defects or gaps at one or more sites of a patient including:
- a mesh of biocompatible metallic material having a plurality of plate sections with an orifice in each plate section for receiving a bone screw, said plate sections forming a mesh grid with an interior area and an exterior periphery;
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- at least two parallel arms connecting each interior area plate section with each adjacent plate section, each of the parallel arms having at least two arm sections connected at a bend such that the arm can be selectively compressed, stretched, and contoured primarily by deformation at said bend to fixate bone fragments in a particular anatomical shape.
A form-fitting mesh implant for the fixation and immobilization of bone fragments and bridging of bone defects or gaps at one or more sites of a patient including:
- a mesh of biocompatible metallic material having a plurality of plate sections arranged in a lattice-like structure of rows and columns, each plate section having an orifice for receiving a bone screw;
- an arm connecting adjacent ones of said plate sections in each row and connecting adjacent ones of each plate section in each column, each arm having at least two arm sections connected at a bend such that the arm can be selectively compressed, stretched, and contoured primarily by deformation at said bend to fixate bone fragments in a particular anatomical shape;
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- all of said arms connecting said rows of plate sections being bent in the same direction and all of said arms connecting said columns of plate sections being bent in the same direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.