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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2020
Alphatec Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Thomas Purcell, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Don Hair, Moreno Valley, CA (US);
Tamas T. Frech, Sun City, CA (US);
Alphatec Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A pivotal bone anchor assembly providing an adjustable securement of a fixation rod across at least two vertebrae. The assembly includes a pedicle screw having a spherical head portion, a threaded shaft portion, and a tool engagement surface in the head portion for use in driving the screw into a vertebra. The head portion of the screw is positioned in a body member adjacent an interior surface disposed about a bottom opening of the body member such that the shaft portion of the screw extends therethrough and the head portion engages the interior surface so as to provide for pivotal motion between the body member and the pedicle screw. The bone anchor also includes a bushing insertable into the body member and having an outwardly projecting structure that snaps under a downward facing abutment surface to maintain the bushing within the body member.