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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Black, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Matthew Hansell, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Jon Suh, Ambler, PA (US);
Assignee:
Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8038 (2013.01); A61B 17/8047 (2013.01); A61B 17/8057 (2013.01); A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 17/8685 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fastener, for example a bone screw, is sized to pass into an aperture of an implant, for example, a bone plate, the fastener having an anchor portion engageable with body tissue, and a head portion formed by an assembly of an insert and an anchor extension. The insert and anchor extension cooperate to form a reduced dimension passable into the aperture, and an expanded dimension not passable out of the aperture. The size of the assembly may be configurable, for example, by tabs, ramped surfaces, or an expanding diameter of a threadable insert.