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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:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen D. Kuslich, Stillwater, MN (US);
Francis C. Peterson, Prescott, WI (US);
Assignee:
Spineology, Inc., Stillwater, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/770 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/770 ;
Abstract
A spinal fixation system employing bone anchors, several generally parallel rods stacked together and running through each bone anchor, a mechanism for attaching the anchors to the stacked rods and a mechanism for hold the stacked rods together to form a compressed, multi-rod unit.