US 12,268,426 B2
Orthopedic torsion generated compression implants and methods for using same
Joseph Paul Ritz, Castroville, TX (US); and Eric Alberto Marcano, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to 210 DYNAMIC, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by Joseph Paul Ritz, Castroville, TX (US); and Eric Alberto Marcano, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/465,648.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/074,346, filed on Sep. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061837 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/88 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0642 (2013.01); A61B 17/0644 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0641 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for installing an orthopedic implant comprising a body and a plurality of legs coupled to the body, the method comprising:
(a) applying a torsional stress to the body that imparts a first angular displacement between the plurality of legs;
(b) inserting the plurality of legs into a plurality of holes in a pair of bone segments; and
(c) releasing the body after (b) such that the torsional stress imparts a second angular displacement between the plurality of legs, wherein the second angular displacement is opposite the first angular displacement.