Patent ID: 11896476
Assignee: ZKR ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for repositioning a patellar tendon, the method comprising:
inserting an orthopedic implant in a first configuration between the patellar tendon and a tibia;
engaging a tibia engagement surface of an inferior portion of the orthopedic implant with the tibia;
engaging a patellar tendon contact surface of a superior portion of the orthopedic implant with the patellar tendon wherein in the first configuration a posterior side of the patellar tendon contact surface of the superior portion of the orthopedic implant is at a greater distance above the tibia engagement surface than an anterior side of the patellar tendon contact surface of the superior portion of the orthopedic implant is above the tibia engagement surface;
changing a position of the patellar tendon;
affixing the orthopedic implant to the tibia; and,
in response to a load applied to the orthopedic implant by the patellar tendon, changing a shape of the orthopedic implant from the first configuration to a second configuration wherein in the second configuration the distance of the posterior side of the patellar tendon surface of the superior portion of orthopedic implant above the tibia engagement surface is reduced while still remaining at a greater distance above the tibia engagement surface than the anterior side of the patellar tendon surface of the superior surface of the orthopedic implant is above the tibia engagement surface.