IP Library Granted Patent US 11,090,168
Granted Patent B2
US 11,090,168 · App. 15/506,855 · Granted Aug 17, 2021

Fusion device

Inventors: William Robert Walsh (Maroubra, AU); Matthew Henry Pelletier (Matraville, AU)
Assignee: NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited
A61F2/4465A61F2/30771A61F2/447A61F2/4455A61F2002/30011A61F2002/3093A61F2002/30153A61F2002/30154A61F2002/30156A61F2002/30593A61F2002/30772A61F2002/30777A61F2002/30785A61F2002/30822A61F2002/30828A61F2002/30881A61F2002/30884A61F2002/30891A61F2002/30892A61F2310/00395A61F2310/00592
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Patent No.
US 11,090,168
App. No.
15/506,855
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device adapted to be positioned between two bone regions, the device comprising a body having a stabilising arrangement configured such that bone growing from one bone region toward the other engages the stabilising arrangement of the device.

Claims (12)

1. A device for positioning between two bone regions, the device comprising:

a body extending along a longitudinal axis between two opposing device ends, a first device end configured to be positioned in use at or adjacent a first bone region and a second device end configured to be positioned in use at or adjacent a second bone region;

a side wall defined by an outer surface and an inner surface extending between the first device end and the second device end, the side wall defining an interior cavity;

at least a first stabilising arrangement extending into the interior cavity from the inner surface of the side wall and located proximal the first device end, the first stabilising arrangement comprising a first plurality of protrusions, each protrusion having two opposing and laterally extending planar surfaces extending to a protrusion end, the protrusion end located within the interior cavity and distal from the inner surface, the planar surfaces comprising a first planar surface facing toward the first device end and a second planar surface facing toward the second device end, the second planar surface forming a shoulder with the protrusion end;

at least a second stabilising arrangement extending from the inner surface of the side wall and located proximal the second device end, the second stabilising arrangement comprising a second plurality of protrusions, each protrusion having two opposing and laterally extending planar surfaces extending to a protrusion end, the protrusion end located within the interior cavity and distal from the inner surface, the planar surfaces comprising a first planar surface facing toward the first device end and a second planar surface facing toward the second device end, the first planar surface forming a shoulder with the protrusion end;

wherein the second surface of the first stabilising arrangement is positioned in a facing arrangement with the first surface of the second stabilising arrangement, at least a portion of each of the laterally extending surfaces extending from the side wall of the body and part way across the inner cavity, the protrusions and the laterally extending surfaces being shaped and spaced apart such that bone growing from one bone region toward the other grows around the stabilising arrangements and mechanically engages the shoulders of the stabilising arrangements to secure the bone with respect to the device and stabilise the bone regions with respect to the device,

wherein the protrusions of the first plurality of protrusions and the protrusions of the second plurality of protrusions are each spaced apart laterally around an interior circumference of the interior cavity such that in a lateral plane plane the protrusions are separated by the inner surface, and

wherein, in a longitudinal plane, the first plurality of protrusions and the second plurality of protrusions are spaced apart from each other along the inner surface of the interior cavity.

2. The device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the protrusion end of each protrusion extends parallel to the inner surface.

3. The device as defined in claim 1 , wherein, for each protrusion, the laterally extending planar surfaces and the protrusion end are perpendicular to one another.

4. The device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the protrusion end of each protrusion comprises a planar surface having both lateral width and longitudinal height.

5. A device as defined in claim 1 , wherein each of the protrusions of the first stabilising arrangement is aligned with a protrusion in the second stabilising arrangement in a longitudinal direction.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2023
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: SEASPINE HOLDINGS CORPORATION; SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION; SEASPINE, INC.; ISOTIS, INC.; SEASPINE SALES LLC; ISOTIS ORTHOBIOLOGICS, INC.; THEKEN SPINE, LLC; SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS INTERMEDIATECO, INC.; 7D SURGICAL USA INC.
Reel/Frame 062336/0593 →
SECOND AMENDMENT TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: SEASPINE HOLDINGS CORPORATION; SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION; SEASPINE, INC.; ISOTIS, INC.; SEASPINE SALES LLC; ISOTIS ORTHOBIOLOGICS, INC.; THEKEN SPINE, LLC; SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS INTERMEDIATECO, INC.; 7D SURGICAL USA INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 060715/0395 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2021
From: SEASPINE HOLDINGS CORPORATION; SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION; SEASPINE, INC.; ISOTIS, INC.; SEASPINE SALES LLC; ISOTIS ORTHOBIOLOGICS, INC.; THEKEN SPINE, LLC; SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS INTERMEDIATECO, INC.; 7D SURGICAL USA INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 057941/0609 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2017
From: WALSH, WILLIAM ROBERT; PELLETIER, MATTHEW HENRY
To: NEWSOUTH INNOVATIONS PTY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041381/0382 →
Priority Claims (1)
AU 2014903442 · Aug 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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