US 11,813,010 B2
Anchors and tensioner and anchor loading systems for active bone and joint stabilization devices
Kathryn A. Stecco, San Jose, CA (US); Carlos Castro, San Jose, CA (US); Stephen Powelson, San Jose, CA (US); Forrest Grinstead, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Damon Covell Campbell, Pacific Grove, CA (US)
Assigned to MEDEON BIODESIGN, INC., Taipei (TW)
Filed by MEDEON BIODESIGN, INC., Taipei (TW)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/015,991.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/897,832, filed on Sep. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0068879 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8869 (2013.01) [A61B 17/683 (2013.01); A61B 17/842 (2013.01); A61B 17/8872 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A method of implanting a medical device in a patient's body, the method comprising:
feeding a proximal end of an elongate spring member of an implant into a distal end of a medical instrument and an anchoring head of the implant held by the medical instrument, the elongate spring member comprising a plurality of cells, each cell having an aperture, the anchoring head having a clearance opening; engaging the implant between adjacent cells with at least one gripper upon actuating a tensioning trigger; and
actuating the tensioning trigger until a desired tension reading is displayed by a meter included in the medical instrument.