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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Camber Spine Technologies, Llc, Wayne, PA (US);
Andrew Freese, Coatesville, PA (US);
Camber Spine Technologies, LLC, Wayne, PA (US);
Abstract
Fusion plates and interbody fusion devices have been developed that contain slots to allow the use of pins to position and to guide the placement of the plate while the screws are being secured, reducing the likelihood of improper placement and localization of the plate and screws. The slots contain ridges formed of a plurality of teeth that are configured to engage with corresponding ridges and teeth on the shaft of a distraction pin. After the plate is placed over the distraction pins, the plate is immobilized in the inferior and superior directions and also in the anterior-posterior direction even prior to placement of the bone screws in the plate. Optionally, the pins may be compressed together to apply compression to the vertebra prior to placement of the bone screws.