US 12,251,104 B2
Orthopedic staple insertion
Paul Fein, Maynard, MA (US); Alexander DelMonaco, Chelmsford, MA (US); and Chris Powell, Naples, FL (US)
Assigned to Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/203,872.
Application 18/203,872 is a continuation of application No. 17/502,495, filed on Oct. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,690,616.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/226,451, filed on Jul. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/092,720, filed on Oct. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0301649 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0682 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0642 (2013.01); A61B 17/0644 (2013.01); A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07228 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insertion system comprising:
a first staple including a first bridge and a first pair of legs each attached to the first bridge at a first elastic hinge region and a second staple that includes a second bridge and a second pair of legs each attached to the second bridge at a second elastic hinge region, and the first staple and the second staple are mounted to a delivery device; and
the delivery device capable of restraining and releasing the first staple and the second staple, wherein the delivery device strains the first bridge and the second bridge to configure the first staple and the second staple from an unrestrained state in which the first pair of legs and the second pair of legs are angled inwardly to a strained state in which the first pair of legs and the second pair of legs are substantially perpendicular to the bridge.