US 12,434,426 B2
Device for maintaining the shape of cross-sectional profile of an elongated element including composite material, and a device for bending thereof
Oren Globerman, Kfar-Shmaryahu (IL); Mordechay Beyar, Tel Aviv (IL); and Daniel Umansky, Kfar Saba (IL)
Assigned to CARBOFIX SPINE INC, Ocean Isle Beach, NC (US)
Filed by CarboFix Spine Inc, Ocean Isle Beach, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/974,878.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/608,363, filed on Dec. 11, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0187255 A1, Jun. 12, 2025
Int. Cl. B29C 53/08 (2006.01); B29C 53/84 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 53/84 (2013.01) [B29C 53/083 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7532 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for maintaining a shape of a transverse cross-sectional profile of an elongated orthopedic implant during shaping, the device comprising:
a first and second bendable elongated parts having contacting surfaces, each of the first and second elongated parts comprising:
an outer surface, and
an inner surface comprising:
a single central concave portion, and
a first and second peripheral portions disposed on opposite sides of the single central concave portion, wherein each of the first and second peripheral portions:
mirrors a half of the single central concave portion which is closest to the respective first and second peripheral portion, and
comprises an open part facing outwards of the device,
wherein each of halves of a cross-sectional profile of the respective elongated part is symmetric.