METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING AND IMPLANTING A SHAPED MEMORY IMPLANT

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING AND IMPLANTING A SHAPED MEMORY IMPLANT

An implant insertion device is adapted for use with a shape memory implant. The shape memory implant includes a bridge interconnecting first and second legs. The shape memory implant is movable between a first shape in which the first and second legs are 5 substantially non-parallel and a second sha...

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Hauptverfasser: Taber, Joseph H, Perkins, Luke A, Cheney, Daniel F, Ritz, Joseph P
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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HUMAN NECESSITIES
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MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:An implant insertion device is adapted for use with a shape memory implant. The shape memory implant includes a bridge interconnecting first and second legs. The shape memory implant is movable between a first shape in which the first and second legs are 5 substantially non-parallel and a second shape in which the first and second legs are substantially parallel. The implant insertion device engages the shape memory implant to maintain the shape memory implant in its second shape until the delivery of the shape memory implant into tissue or bone.