Apple Inc.

Innovative Spine, Llc.

Ciaran Keane

Cesar Lozano Villarreal

Alexander Michael Kwan

Bruce E Berg

Dominic E Dolci

Chiew-Siang Goh

Siri Amrit Ramos

Morteza M Farr

Peter A Dvorak

Xuyang Zhang

Richard J Langlois

Systems and methods of providing a tooling system for forming a unitary housing are disclosed herein. One embodiment may utilize a plurality of injection cavity slides. The slides may form the interior cavity of the housing. Utilizing a plurality of injection cavity slides to form a single cavity insert may allow the slides to be remove from an opening in the housing which is smaller than the cavity of the housing. Removing the slides from housing allows for the formation of housing having a unitary structure.

Injection mold with multi-axial core inserts

An enclosure for an AC to DC adapter has a continuous and seamless exterior surface. The enclosure includes a housing and a front wall that are joined by a bonded interface. The front wall is formed from a metallic interface plate and an exterior layer of plastic that is formed over the metallic interface plate and bonded to the housing.

Molded enclosures having a seamless appearance

The present invention is a one or two-part sleeve assembly for use during minimally invasive spinal stabilization surgery. An outer sleeve is designed to slide over the coupling between a polyaxial screw and an inner sleeve so as to prevent the screw from becoming disengaged from the inner sleeve during surgery. The outer sleeve includes a lower generally cylindrical wall having a slot, and an upper extension having an outwardly protruding manipulation handle attached to it. The slot in the lower section extends the entire length of the cylindrical wall, giving it a generally 'C' shaped cross section. This slot corresponds with a similar slot on the inner sleeve for receiving a stabilizing rod to be attached to the polyaxial screw during surgery. The interior diameter of the lower section is approximately the same as the outer diameter of the inner sleeve, so that the outer sleeve may slide snugly over the inner sleeve and the screw coupling. In addition, the edges of the cylindrical wall adjacent to the longitudinal slot are flattened so as to conform to the shape of the inner sleeve and the head portion of the polyaxial screw where it couples with the inner sleeve.

Sleeve assembly for spinal stabilization system and methods of use

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San Carlos, CA, United States of America

Ciaran Keane