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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
William L. Strausbaugh, Myerstown, PA (US);
Sean Saidha, Franklin, MA (US);
Boyd A. Wolf, Roswell, GA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7049 (2013.01); A61B 17/7032 (2013.01); A61B 17/7037 (2013.01); A61B 17/7038 (2013.01);
Abstract
A polyaxial bone anchor has a locking element shaped and configured to allow an anchoring member (e.g., a screw or hook) to polyaxially rotate at large angles about a central axis of the bone anchor before compression locking the anchoring member within an anchor head.