US 12,082,849 B2
Dual tether support of vertebra
Daniel Gerard Hoernschemeyer, Columbia, MO (US); Matthew Prygoski, North Liberty, IN (US); Rick Detlefsen, Warsaw, IN (US); and Evangelos Tozakoglou, Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Assigned to OrthoPediatrics Corp., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by OrthoPediatrics Corp., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/845,653.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/832,943, filed on Apr. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0323562 A1, Oct. 15, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7022 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7023 (2013.01); A61B 17/7032 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for coupling a first bone portion to a second bone portion, the apparatus comprising:
a first flexible connector;
a second flexible connector;
a first bone anchor including a first tethering head, said first tethering head being configured to receive a first portion of said first flexible connector;
a second bone anchor including a second tethering head, said second tethering head being configured to receive a second portion of said first flexible connector;
a third bone anchor defining a first aperture, said first aperture being configured to receive therethrough said first bone anchor, said third bone anchor defining a first peripheral channel, said first peripheral channel being configured to receive a first portion of said second flexible connector; and
a fourth bone anchor defining a second aperture, said second aperture being configured to receive therethrough said second bone anchor, said fourth bone anchor defining a second peripheral channel, said second peripheral channel being configured to receive a second portion of said second flexible connector.