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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2020
K2m, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Larry E. McClintock, Gore, VA (US);
Jason Noel Gantick, Purcellville, VA (US);
Peter Newton, La Jolla, CA (US);
K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A pedicle fixation system () may include a first fastener () and a second fastener (). The first fastener () may include a first shank () extending along a first fastener axis () and a channel () extending along a skew axis (). The skew axis () may be transverse to the first fastener axis () and the channel () may have a channel diameter perpendicular to the skew axis (). The second fastener () may extend through the channel () and include a second shank () extending along a second fastener axis (). At least a distal part of the second shank () may have a second fastener diameter perpendicular to the second fastener axis (). The second fastener diameter may be smaller than the channel diameter.