US 11,744,726 B2
Tissue adjustment implant
Christine Bronikowski, Lafayette, IN (US); Ryan Bernstein, Lafayette, IN (US); Joseph Obermiller, West Lafayette, IN (US); Patrick C. Melder, Marietta, GA (US); and P. Arun Mohan, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Assigned to Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US); and Cook Biotech Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed by Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US); and Cook Biotech Incorporated, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/63,218.
Application 17/063,218 is a continuation of application No. 15/871,435, filed on Jan. 15, 2018, granted, now 10,799,388.
Application 15/871,435 is a continuation of application No. 14/449,195, filed on Aug. 1, 2014, granted, now 9,867,733, issued on Jan. 16, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/861,089, filed on Aug. 1, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0015656 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 5/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/56 (2013.01) [A61F 5/566 (2013.01); A61F 2005/563 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tissue adjustment implant comprising:
a main body extending along a lengthwise axis and having first and second opposing ends, a longitudinal midpoint, first and second opposing sides, a first width extending from the first side to the second side orthogonally to the lengthwise axis and through the longitudinal midpoint, and defining an opening along the lengthwise axis;
a first anchor portion extending along the lengthwise axis from a point on the lengthwise axis to the first end, the point disposed between the longitudinal midpoint and the first end, the first anchor portion comprising a first series of projections extending along the first side, each projection of the first series of projections extending away from the first end and the lengthwise axis, the first anchor portion having a second width extending orthogonally to the lengthwise axis, the second width being greater than the first width; and
a second anchor portion comprising a second series of projections extending along the first side, each projection of the second series of projections extending away from the second end and the lengthwise axis.