Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Locking compression members for use with bone anchor assemblies and methods
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Application No.: US14987812Application Date: 2016-01-05
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Publication No.: US09724130B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Thibault Chandanson , Ernest Quintanilha , Frank Spratt , Philip A. Cormier
- Applicant: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL
- Applicant Address: CH Le Locle
- Assignee: Medos International Sarl
- Current Assignee: Medos International Sarl
- Current Assignee Address: CH Le Locle
- Agency: Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/70
- IPC: A61B17/70 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
Various exemplary methods and devices are provided for fixing bone anchors to bone. In general, the methods and devices can allow for a bone anchor to be fixed to a bone at a desired angle to a surface of the bone. In an exemplary embodiment, a bone anchor assembly is provided that includes a bone anchor configured to engage bone, a receiver member for seating a head of the bone anchor, and a compression member for securing the bone anchor at fixed angle with respect to the receiver member when the compression member is seated within the receiver member. Corresponding engagement features of the compression member and the receiver member can be engaged in a secured configuration to inhibit or prevent removal of the compression cap from the receiver member and optionally to substantially prevent longitudinal and/or rotational movement of the compression member with respect to the receiver member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160135848A1 Locking Compression Members for Use With Bone Anchor Assemblies and Methods Public/Granted day:2016-05-19
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