US 12,285,199 B2
Surgical bone rivet
Mark B. Sommers, Beaverton, OR (US); and Andrew W. Seykora, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Acumed LLC, Hillsboro, OR (US)
Filed by Acumed LLC, Hillsboro, OR (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,487.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/171,311, filed on Apr. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0313330 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/86 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8625 (2013.01) [A61B 17/864 (2013.01); A61B 17/866 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bone rivet comprising:
a body portion including a head and a threaded shaft, wherein a portion of the threaded shaft is deformable such that a width of the portion of the threaded shaft after deformation is greater than a width of the threaded shaft prior to deformation,
wherein a channel extends through the body portion, the channel including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a greater width than the second portion, and the first portion of the channel extending through the head of the body portion,
wherein the body portion is constructed of a material such that the portion of the threaded shaft deforms upon forced expansion and subsequently maintains that deformation, and
wherein the threaded shaft includes a cutting flute extending along a full length of the portion of the threaded shaft that is deformable.