US 12,213,708 B2
Remote control module for adjustable implants
Shanbao Cheng, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); Jorge Lopez Camacho, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); Youngsam Bae, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); Michael Moeller, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); Gabriel Buenviaje, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); and Shawn Placie, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,663.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/075,640, filed on Sep. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071670 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7216 (2013.01) [A61B 17/70 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2560/02 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deformity treatment system, comprising:
a control module having a transceiver configured to send and receive data; and
an adjustable implant, the adjustable implant includes a driver configured to adjust the adjustable implant; wherein the adjustable implant includes a first magnetic element;
wherein the control module is implantable separately from the adjustable implant and includes a second magnetic element; and
wherein the adjustable implant is adjusted in accordance with treatment instructions using a magnetic field generated from the second magnetic element in the control module to move the first magnetic element in the adjustable implant.