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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Warsaw Orthopedic Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Dale A. Tempco, Germantown, TN (US);
Rodney Ray Ballard, Lakeland, TN (US);
Keith E. Miller, Germantown, TN (US);
William Alan Rezach, Covington, TN (US);
Assignee:
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/864 (2013.01); A61B 17/863 (2013.01); A61B 17/866 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bone screw comprising a shaft having a wall, the wall including a minor diameter and at least one thread having an external thread form. The thread form including a first portion comprising a crest of the thread form and a second portion extends between a minor diameter of the thread form and the first portion. The first portion having a solid configuration relative to the second portion. In some embodiments, systems, spinal constructs, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.