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US 9,888,911 B2Granted
Surgical impaling member
AssigneeNlt Spine Ltd.
InventorTzony Siegal
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Abstract
An implant for orthopedic surgery includes an impaling member (101,102), which is separable into portions (102a, 102b) for impaling and attaching to tissue, for example, bone. Once the portions (102a, 102b) of the impaling member (101,102) are separated and attached to the requisite tissue, they may accommodate stabilizing members for fixation, or other instrumentation for procedures such as fusion.
Claims20
An apparatus for engaging tissue, comprising:
- a tissue impaling member including a length spanning from a head of the tissue impaling member to a tip of the tissue impaling member, the tissue impaling member comprising a plurality of portions separable from each other so as to be moved from a closed position to an open position, the plurality of portions defining an interior space when in the closed position, and, the plurality of portions being separated from each other along the entirety of the length when the tissue impaling member is in the open position;
- a separator for extending at least partially into the interior space of the plurality of portions and configured for moving in the interior space such that the movement in the interior spaces separates the plurality of portions from the closed position to the open position along the entirety of the length;
- and,
- the portions of the tissue impaling member, when in the closed position, being rotatable into engagement with the tissue, and, the portions of the tissue impaling member, when separated to the open position, are engaged in the tissue and non-rotatable.
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An apparatus for engaging tissue, comprising:
- a tissue impaling member including a length, the entirety of the length extending along all of the apparatus including the tissue impaling member, the tissue impaling member comprising a plurality of portions separable from each other so as to be moved from a closed position to an open position, the plurality of portions defining an interior space when in the closed position, and, the plurality of portions being separated from each other along the entirety of the length when the tissue impaling member is in the open position;
- a separator for extending at least partially into the interior space of the plurality of portions and configured for moving in the interior space such that the movement in the interior spaces separates the plurality of portions from the closed position, to the open, position along the entirety of the length;
- and,
- the portions of the tissue impaling member, when in the closed position, being rotatable into engagement with the tissue, and, the portions of the tissue impaling member, when separated to the open position, are engaged in the tissue and non-rotatable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.