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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:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary R. Papas, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sparta, Inc., Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 ; A61B 1/770 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 ; A61B 1/770 ;
Abstract
A spinal implant for rigid fixation of at least two vertebrae of a pine has at least one support member configured for attachment to the vertebrae and is comprised of a bio-compatible polymer composite. A plurality of fasteners attach the support members to the vertebrae. A predefined standard selection of such bio-compatible implant components Ore provided so as to define support members which conform to the specific anatomical structure of the patient's spine without being modified.