US 12,458,407 B2
Elastic bar for pectus excavatum repair
Brandon Sargent, Provo, UT (US); Larry L. Howell, Orem, UT (US); and Victor Garcia, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (US)
Filed by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/108,998.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/309,584, filed on Feb. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255666 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/82 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/68 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1662 (2013.01); A61B 17/1693 (2013.01); A61B 17/1792 (2016.11); A61B 17/56 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 17/8004 (2013.01); A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/8076 (2013.01); A61B 17/8085 (2013.01); A61B 17/82 (2013.01); A61B 17/842 (2013.01); A61B 17/8863 (2013.01); A61B 17/8869 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
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1. An elastic bar for pectus excavatum repair, the elastic bar comprising:
a first end portion;
a second end portion in spaced relation to the first end portion; and
a flexible center portion connecting the first end portion and the second end portion, the center portion being moveable from a first state to a second state, the center portion extending outwardly in a convex manner from the first end portion and the second end portion in the first state, and the center portion extending inwardly in a concave manner from the first end portion and the second end portion in the second state.