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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
May. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Dale A. Tempco, Germantown, TN (US);
Rodney Ray Ballard, Lakeland, TN (US);
Keith E. Miller, Germantown, TN (US);
William Alan Rezach, Covington, TN (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8625 (2013.01); A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/866 (2013.01); A61B 17/7001 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bone screw comprises a shaft including a proximal portion, a distal portion and a wall including at least one thread having an external thread form having a lattice configuration. The thread form defining at least one void configured for bone growth therethrough. The distal portion is fabricated onto the proximal portion by an additive manufacturing method. In some embodiments, systems, spinal constructs, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.