Patent ID: 9649108
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A bone staple comprising: a crown portion comprising a central opening defining a central axis of the bone staple, and a plurality of peripheral openings spaced from the central opening; and a plurality of legs extending from the crown portion, wherein at least one of the plurality of legs comprises an obliquely inclined bevel forming a sharp tip at a distal end portion thereof, the bevel facing inward toward the central axis of the bone staple, wherein the obliquely inclined bevel is configured to cause at least one of the plurality of legs to diverge outwardly from the central axis autonomously as the bone staple is implanted; and an articulation wire passing through the plurality of peripheral openings and engaging a plurality of the leas to define a tension band for providing compression to the plurality of engaged legs, thereby being adapted to provide a poly-axial compressive effect to underlying bone which is configured to be engaged with the bone staple.