US 12,263,090 B2
Adjustable implant
Netanel Sharabani, Rishpon (IL); Oded Loebl, Tel Mond (IL); and Didier Toubia, Raanana (IL)
Assigned to SeaSpine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by SeaSpine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/713,612.
Application 17/713,612 is a continuation of application No. 16/592,970, filed on Oct. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,298,239.
Application 16/592,970 is a continuation of application No. 15/520,083, granted, now 10,433,972, issued on Oct. 8, 2019, previously published as PCT/IL2015/051039, filed on Oct. 21, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/066,430, filed on Oct. 21, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0226123 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/442 (2013.01) [A61B 17/8858 (2013.01); A61F 2/44 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/447 (2013.01); A61B 17/56 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30405 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30471 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30507 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30538 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30556 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of deploying an adjustable implant comprising the steps of:
providing an adjustable implant having a deflectable linkage and a telescopic body, wherein the deflectable linkage includes at least two interconnected segments including a first linking segment and a second linking segment, wherein the telescopic body includes a first portion and a second portion, and wherein the first portion and the second linking segment are formed with complementary cooperating surfaces, wherein the first linking segment and the second linking segment are directly engaged by one or more corresponding projecting features;
adjusting a length of the telescopic body from a first length to a second length;
deflecting the deflectable linkage; and
maintaining the complementary cooperating surfaces of the first portion and the second linking segment in strain-limiting proximity during adjustment of the length of the telescopic body and corresponding deflection of the deflectable linkage.