US 11,937,860 B2
Bone fixation device and method of use
Selene G. Parekh, Cary, NC (US); Gregory J. Kowalczyk, Little Silver, NJ (US); and Brian R. McLaughlin, Yarmouth, ME (US)
Assigned to Paragon Advanced Technologies, Inc., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by Paragon Advanced Technologies, Inc., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on May 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/313,269.
Application 17/313,269 is a continuation of application No. 15/665,097, filed on Jul. 31, 2017, granted, now 11,058,468.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/368,370, filed on Jul. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0259752 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8061 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7291 (2013.01); A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/809 (2013.01); A61B 17/8095 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00831 (2013.01); A61B 2017/565 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant, comprising:
a plate portion at a first end, the plate portion comprising:
a first lobe with a first screw hole; and
a second lobe with a second screw hole, wherein the first lobe is adjacent to the second lobe; and
a stem portion at a second end extending away from an end of the plate portion, the stem portion comprising:
a central screw hole positioned adjacent to the plate portion;
a tip at the second end of the implant;
a porous region extending along at least a section of the stem portion between the central screw hole and the tip; and
at least one barb on each of a first side and a second side of the stem portion, wherein each of the at least one barb is positioned on an exterior surface of the stem portion between the plate portion and the tip.