US 12,408,961 B2
Sternotomy closure technique using polymeric cable
Clyde Ronald Pratt, Somis, CA (US); Adam Lee Nelson, Camarillo, CA (US); Robert Arthur Bruce, Ventura, CA (US); and Vineet Kumar Sarin, Moorpark, CA (US)
Assigned to KINAMED, INC., Camarillo, CA (US)
Filed by KINAMED, INC., Camarillo, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/238,624.
Application 17/238,624 is a continuation of application No. 15/875,221, filed on Jan. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,993,752.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/448,309, filed on Jan. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0236184 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/82 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/823 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1789 (2016.11); A61B 17/842 (2013.01); A61B 17/8869 (2013.01); A61B 17/8861 (2013.01); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for fixing two or more bone pieces during healing, said apparatus comprising:
a resilient element arranged to secure the bone pieces together in proper position to promote bony healing; and
a sensor arranged to sense the contact pressure between the bone pieces generated by the resilient element, the resilient element capable of sufficient elastic extension to accept multiple cycles of physiological distracting forces across the bone pieces while maintaining the contact pressure between the bone pieces within a desired range for a length of time sufficient for bony healing.