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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. 07, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur D Steffee, Moreland Hills, OH (US);
Assignee:
AcroMed Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 69 ; 128 / ; 128 / ;
Abstract
An apparatus for maintaining a desired spatial relationship between adjacent vertebrae and the sacrum includes a spinal plate which engages both the sacrum and vertebrae. The spinal plate is connected with the vetebrae and the sacrum by fastener assemblies. In order to enable a fastener assembly to engage the relatively thin sacrum, a fixture is connected with the spinal plate to enable the fastener which engages the sacrum to be skewed at an acute angle. The fixture has a mounting end portion which is slidably received in a slot in the spinal plate and a head end portion through which the fastener assembly extends.