US 12,262,925 B2
Band tensioning system
Larry McClintock, Gore, VA (US)
Assigned to K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US)
Filed by K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/238,009.
Application 18/238,009 is a continuation of application No. 16/765,019, granted, now 11,771,474, previously published as PCT/US2018/065684, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/598,736, filed on Dec. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0404632 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7053 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7032 (2013.01); A61B 17/842 (2013.01); A61B 17/8869 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A band tensioner comprising:
a shank configured to secure the band tensioner to a first bony element;
a head secured to an end of the shank; and
a tensioning mechanism disposed within the head and the shank and configured to lengthen and shorten a flexible implant relative to the head of the band tensioner, the tensioning mechanism including a sleeve that is slidably received within a band channel of the shank and coupled to the flexible implant,
wherein movement of the sleeve relative to the shank is configured to lengthen and shorten the flexible implant.