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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2020
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Michael Bartelme, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Neil R. Crawford, Chandler, AZ (US);
Mitchell A. Foster, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Chris Major, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Nicholas Theodore, Ruxton, MD (US);
Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for temporarily affixing a surgical apparatus to a bony structure. The temporary mount includes a base member having a top face configured to be impacted by an insertion device and a plurality of elongated prongs extending downwardly from the base member and configured to engage a bony structure. The prongs are separated a distance from one another, and the prongs are configured to move inwardly toward one another when driven downward into the bony structure.