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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
X-spine Systems, Inc., Miamisburg, OH (US);
Inventor:
David Louis Kirschman, Dayton, OH (US);
Assignee:
X-spine Systems, Inc., Miamisburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/447 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30004 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30014 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30131 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30383 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30492 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30604 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30787 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30904 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4475 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implant assembly is shown and described. The implant has at least one or a plurality of elastic, resilient or flexible arms that each have a detent adapted to retain at least one screw in a locked position in the implant. At least one of the arms has a portion that extends into a screw aperture such that an arm axis is generally parallel to the axis of the screw after the screw is received in the implant. In another embodiment, means or a system for locking the multi-component implant members together is shown.