US 11,890,041 B2
Flexible construct for femoral reconstruction
Dale Frederick Swarts, Warsaw, IN (US)
Assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed by Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/116,544.
Application 17/116,544 is a continuation of application No. 16/177,775, filed on Nov. 1, 2018, granted, now 10,888,362.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/581,259, filed on Nov. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0100597 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/82 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8085 (2013.01) [A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/82 (2013.01); A61B 17/826 (2013.01); A61F 2/28 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A bone repair device comprising:
a plate including opposing top and bottom surfaces, and a pathway extending across a length of the plate or a width of the plate transverse to the length; and
a flexible structure including a plurality of overlapping segment geometries, the flexible structure being directly attached to and extending from the plate,
wherein the plate and an end of the flexible structure are integral with each other such that they are inseparable.