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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Jeffrey Scott Smith, Granbury, TX (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey Scott Smith, Granbury, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7032 (2013.01); A61B 17/7082 (2013.01); A61B 17/863 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02);
Abstract
A pedicle screw comprises a head. A shaft is joined to the head. The shaft comprises a first threaded portion, a middle portion and a second threaded portion. The middle portion comprises a modified threaded portion being configured to mitigate damage to a patient's nerve root. A first marker is joinable to the shaft proximate the modified threaded portion. The first marker comprises a material being radiographically distinguishable from the shaft in which a placement of the modified threaded portion is observable.