Patents Assigned to SYNTHES GMBH OR SYNTHES USA, LLC
  • EXPANDABLE FIXATION ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20110046682
    Abstract: Expandable fixation assemblies, expandable cranial fixation assemblies, and expandable intervertebral implant assemblies are provided for securing structures to bone and for securing bones and/or bone segments with respect to each other. An expansion member can be moved through at least a portion of an expandable fixation body, thereby causing expansion of the expandable fixation body, such that bone engagement features of the expandable fixation body engage surrounding structure, such as bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: SYNTHES GMBH OR SYNTHES USA, LLC
    Inventors: Kai Stephan, Bryan Griffiths, Samuel Leuenberger, Robert Schoutens, Marcello Memmolo, Daniela Pricope, Rainer Ponzer, Andre Schlienger