US 12,409,048 B2
Knit spinal implant retention and release system and method
Joseph E. Gleason, Eagan, MN (US)
Assigned to Spineology Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Spineology Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,277.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/153,166, filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265438 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4455 (2013.01) [A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4495 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4629 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant retention system for a knit surgical implant, comprising:
an elongated hollow mesh tip, including a flanged section at a distal end thereof and an internal threaded section proximal to the flanged section; and
an elongated hollow lock tube, including a non-threaded section at a distal end thereof and an external threaded section proximal to the non-threaded section,
wherein the mesh tip is threaded over the lock tube to define a crimp section between the flanged section and the non-threaded section that engages a proximal portion of the knit surgical implant to retain the knit surgical implant in engagement with a distal end of the lock tube until the knit surgical implant is released by unthreading the lock tube from the mesh tip.