US 12,076,051 B2
Systems and methods for vertebral adjustment
Michael Wentz, Zionsville, PA (US); Joon Ki An, La Mirada, CA (US); Ronald Litke, Sandy Hook, CT (US); Glenn DiCostanzo, Woodbury, CT (US); Ernest Corrao, Bethel, CT (US); Robert L. Richards, Beverly Hills, MI (US); Sepehr Fariabi, Newport Coast, CA (US); Adam G. Beckett, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Luke A. Bilger, Hunnington Beach, CA (US); Daniel Dongelmans, San Clemente, CA (US); Scott Pool, Laguna Hills, CA (US); Shanbao Cheng, Irvine, CA (US); Matthew Dwight, Lake Forest, CA (US); Andy W. Choi, Irvine, CA (US); and Martin Leugers, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to NUVASIVE SPECIALIZED ORTHOPEDICS, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/157,923.
Application 18/157,923 is a continuation of application No. 16/270,976, filed on Feb. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,612,416.
Application 16/270,976 is a continuation of application No. 15/048,928, filed on Feb. 19, 2016, granted, now 10,238,427, issued on Mar. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/118,411, filed on Feb. 19, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0149048 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7016 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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1. An adjustable implant, comprising:
a first end configured to affix the adjustable implant to a first location of a subject;
a second end configured to affix the adjustable implant to a second location of the subject;
an actuator configured to be activated from an external location; and
a cycloidal drive comprising:
an input shaft rotatably coupled to the actuator,
a cycloidal disc rotatably coupled to the input shaft,
an output disc rotatably coupled to the cycloidal disc, and
an output shaft extending from a first surface of the output disc, wherein rotation of the output shaft cause a change in the relative distance between the first end and the second end,
wherein the cycloidal disc comprises a plurality of lobes circumferentially spaced about a perimeter of the cycloidal disc.