Patents Assigned to Med Device IP, LLC
  • Patent number: 11666362
    Abstract: Bone structure coupling devices and methods are provided herein. An example method includes positioning a tubular retraction guide body into a patient, the tubular retraction guide body having two prongs that are positioned in a joint between two adjacent bone structures, creating a hemispherical groove on each of the two adjacent bone structures using a drill bit passed through the tubular retraction guide body, incising out the hemispherical grooves with a broach passed through the tubular retraction guide body, and inserting a graft body having a generally rectangular cross sectional area into the angular grooves to couple the two adjacent bone structures together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Med Device IP, LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Compton, Mark Billy Willits