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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Meditech Spine, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Robert Bruce Dunaway, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
MEDITECH SPINE, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8042 (2013.01); A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/80 (2013.01); A61B 17/8033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bone plate and one or more locking assemblies that help prevent screw backout without impinging on therapeutically valuable settling of the screws. In some cases, the locking assembly is configured to be attached to the plate, to be securely but efficiently locked, to be readily unlocked for revision surgery, and/or to reduce the possibility of operator error in installation by providing simplified visible and tactile indicia of the locked and unlocked positions.