US 12,239,348 B2
Fracture and nonunion rib implants
William Maxson, Ponte Vedra, FL (US); and Brian Hatcher, Warsaw, IN (US)
Assigned to Zimmer Biomet CMF and Thoracic, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed by Zimmer Biomet CMF and Thoracic, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/176,925.
Application 17/176,925 is a continuation of application No. 16/425,539, filed on May 29, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/679,147, filed on Jun. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0177474 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8076 (2013.01) [A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61F 2/28 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30062 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30224 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30784 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3093 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rib implant securable to first and second rib portions of a rib, the rib implant comprising:
a body including a first end portion and an opposite second end portion, the body configured to span a first rib portion of a rib at the first end portion and a second rib portion of the rib at the second end portion;
a first stem extending from and extending beyond the first end portion of the body, the first stem being tapered and insertable into a first intramedullary canal of the first rib portion;
a second stem extending from and extending beyond the second end portion of the body opposite the first stem, the second stem being tapered and insertable into a second intramedullary canal of the second rib portion to secure, together with the first stem, the first rib portion and the second rib portion; and
a plate extending from the first end portion substantially parallel to the first stem and extending beyond the body, the plate configured to engage a face of the first rib portion when the first stem is inserted into the first intramedullary canal of the first rib portion.