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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
George D. Picetti, Sacramento, CA (US);
Anthony J. Melkent, Germantown, TN (US);
John Stewart Young, Olive Branch, MS (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 17/7001 (2013.01); A61B 17/7032 (2013.01); A61B 17/7034 (2013.01); A61B 17/7037 (2013.01); A61B 17/7044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixation element for use in orthopedic surgery, particularly spinal surgery is disclosed. The fixation element is capable of being screwed, hooked, or otherwise attached to a bone, and is configured to accommodate two or more rods or other elongated members. The head of the fixation elements thus has multiple places for positioning a rod, either vertically or horizontally spaced from each other.