US 11,832,854 B2
Laminoplasty hinges
John Abe Perryman, Columbia, TN (US); and Larry T. Khoo, Studio City, CA (US)
Assigned to Choice Spine, LLC, Knoxville, TN (US)
Filed by Choice Spine, LLC, Knoxville, TN (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/093,910.
Application 17/093,910 is a continuation of application No. 16/106,422, filed on Aug. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,869,698.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/558,957, filed on Sep. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015808 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7071 (2013.01) [A61B 17/8858 (2013.01); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02); A61F 2002/30471 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical implant device configured to be adjustable in size and orientation so as to be adaptable to a surgical site, the implant device, comprising:
a base and an extension adjustably connectable to the base to enable adjustment of both planar and angular orientations of the surgical implant device,
the base having a seat and a back having a length axis and extending from the seat, and a pair of spaced apart and aligned elongate slots located at a distal end of the back of the base, the elongate slots having length axes that are located along and aligned with the length axis of the back, and
the extension having an elongated body with a head at an end of the elongated body of the extension, the head having oppositely extending arms, the head of the elongated body of the extension being positionable between the slots of the base so that the arms of the head of the elongated body span between the slots of the back of the base,
wherein when the head of the extension is positioned between the slots of the base when the implant device is installed in a patient during surgery, the head of the extension is freely pivotable within the slots of the base to permit a plurality of angular orientations of the implant device and the head is movable along the elongate length of the slots to provide adjustable planar orientation of the implant device based on the location of the head along the elongate length of the slots.