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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:
Dec. 07, 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:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/864 (2013.01); A61B 17/863 (2013.01); A61B 17/866 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A bone screw includes a shaft including at least one thread having an external thread form and defining at least one cavity. The shaft includes at least one tissue gathering member disposed to direct tissue into the at least one cavity. In some embodiments, systems, spinal constructs, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.