Patent ID: 8998999
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A fusion implant system comprising a rigid wire having an external diameter and an implant having a first end section including a threaded portion that is capable of being implanted in a first bone section and an integral second end section comprising at least two fingers that apply a radially outward force that is capable of holding an object in relation to the first bone section, where the implant has a central cannulation having a first internal diameter that is sufficiently large to accommodate the diameter of the rigid wire and which extends through the first and second end sections and the implant includes a radial expansion mechanism in which either the cannulation has a reduction in diameter in the second end section from the first diameter to a second diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the rigid wire, or the rigid wire has an increase in external diameter which is greater than the first internal diameter of the central cannulation, and each of the fingers of the second end section has an external surface which includes an anchoring barb member that deflects radially outwardly when radial expansion mechanism is activated.