US 12,251,102 B2
Surgical staple implant kit
Rebecca Hawkins Wahl, Escondido, CA (US); Alan G. Taylor, Memphis, TN (US); and Casey M. Chambers, Mempis, TN (US)
Assigned to In2Bones USA, LLC, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by In2Bones USA, LLC, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/130,278.
Application 17/130,278 is a division of application No. 15/487,305, filed on Apr. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,893,862.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/322,054, filed on Apr. 13, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128143 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.01); B65B 7/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); B65B 55/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/068 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0682 (2013.01); A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.02); B65B 7/16 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0645 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0688 (2013.01); A61B 17/885 (2013.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.02); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); B65B 55/12 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sterile staple implant kit that a surgeon may unpack and utilize during a surgery, comprising:
a staple inserter and a surgical staple;
the staple inserter comprising a first grip, a second grip, a driver, and a body supporting a distal force applicator configured to distract the surgical staple when the proximal handle is rotated in a clockwise direction;
the first and second grips configured to cooperate to support a crown of the surgical staple;
the first and second grips configured to engage the surgical staple on the same side of the crown;
a group of complementary surgery-specific instruments that are packaged in a sterile state;
wherein the surgical staple is:
engaged with the first and second grips, and in a relaxed configuration when the driver is not in contact with the crown;
loaded into the staple inserter in the relaxed configuration before being distracted during implantation at a bone fixation or fusion site of a patient;
a proximal handle mechanically coupled with the driver using a shaft, wherein a portion of the shaft is threaded;
wherein a staple retention clip is:
coupled with the distal force application to retain the surgical staple in a relaxed state during sterilization, packaging, and shipping; and
configured to be removed from the distal force applicator during or after distracting the surgical staple prior to being implanted into a bone of a patient; and
an instrument tray configured to preserve all of the surgery-specific instruments in the sterile state and provide easy access to the instruments during the surgery.