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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Alphatec Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher M. Campbell, Temecula, CA (US);
Tyler Holschlag, Oceanside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alphatec Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/8042 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 17/8023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fastener retention system for retaining fasteners within apertures of an orthopedic plate includes a first pocket disposed between two of the apertures in the plate, a blocking member disposed between the two apertures and including a second pocket that forms a cavity with the first pocket, and a spring that expands from a compressed configuration within the first pocket to a decompressed configuration within the cavity.