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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2019
Curvafix, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Carly Anderson Thaler, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven Charles Dimmer, Bellevue, WA (US);
CurvaFix, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of a body bead for a bone fracture fixation device, such as a rodscrew, includes at least one pocket and at least one tab. Each of the at least one pocket is configured to engage a respective one of at least one tab of an adjacent body bead and to withstand, without being significantly deformed, a torque of at least three N·m while rotating with the adjacent body bead. And each of the at least one tab is configured to engage a respective one of at least one pocket of another adjacent body bead and to withstand, without being significantly deformed, a torque of at least three N·m while rotating with the other adjacent body bead.
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