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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2018
K2m, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Thomas J. Errico, New York, NY (US);
Peter Newton, La Jolla, CA (US);
Harry Shufflebarger, Jupiter, FL (US);
Brittany Harwell Lang, Warrenton, VA (US);
K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A fixation device includes an outer member, an inner member, and an expansion member. The outer member includes an elongated body portion and a slotted tail portion, and defines a central bore therethrough that extends along a central longitudinal axis. The inner member is disposed within the central bore of the outer member, and the expansion member is coupled to the inner member. Proximal movement of the inner member relative to the outer member moves the expansion member into the slotted tail portion of the outer member such that the slotted tail portion moves from an undistended configuration to a distended configuration.