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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2013
Applicant:

Nexus Spine, L.l.c., Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Inventors:

David T. Hawkes, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Peter Halverson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Assignee:

NEXUS SPINE, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7032 (2013.01); A61B 17/7001 (2013.01); A61B 17/7007 (2013.01); A61B 17/7014 (2013.01); A61B 17/7035 (2013.01); A61B 17/704 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract

A coupling assembly for use in surgical constructs includes a first body and a second body. One of the first body and the second body includes a male member and an other of the first body and the second body includes a female member. The male member is sized and shaped to be received within the female member and the female member has an internal bore sized and shaped to receive the male member therein. One of the male member or the female member includes one or more engagement features formed therewith or attached thereto. The engagement features are operable to provide a gripping interface between the male member and the female member to couple the male member and the female member one to another.


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