Expandable implant of a minimally invasive surgery
View Patent ↗An expandable implant of a minimally invasive surgery contains a body, a positioning post, two first connecting sets, two second connecting sets, and two expanding pieces. The body includes two seats and an adjusting knob. The positioning post inserts into the body and includes one side contacting with the adjusting knob and another side having a conical member. The two first connecting sets couple with the two seats, and each first connecting set has two first rods coupling with a respective one of the two seats. The two second connecting sets connects with the positioning post, and each second connecting set has two second rods coupling with the positioning post. Each expanding piece axially connects with one of the two first rods of each first connecting set and one of the two second rods of each second connecting set.
1. An expandable implant of a minimally invasive surgery comprising:
a body including two seats and an adjusting knob fixed on the two seats;
a positioning post inserted into the body in an axial direction and including one side contacting with the adjusting knob and another side having a conical member;
two first connecting sets coupling with the two seats of the body at a first location, with each first connecting set having two first rods coupling with a respective one of the two seats of the body;
two second connecting sets connecting with two sides of a middle section of the positioning post at a second location, with each second connecting set having two second rods coupling with the positioning post; and
two expanding pieces each having one side of a middle section connecting with one of the two first rods of each first connecting set at a third location and one side of a bottom end coupling with one of the two second rods of each second connecting set at a fourth location, with the third location located intermediate and spaced from the first location and the second location in the axial direction and with the second location located intermediate and spaced from the third location and the fourth location in the axial direction, with the positioning post being free of coupling between the second location and the conical member.
2. The expandable implant of the minimally invasive surgery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adjusting knob has a hexagonal hole defined therein.
3. The expandable implant of the minimally invasive surgery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each expanding piece includes a plurality of spaced bosses arranged in an array of rows and columns on an outer surface thereof.
4. The expandable implant of the minimally invasive surgery as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each expanding piece includes a slot defined thereon.