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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:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Nathaniel E Hawkins, Lake Hiawatha, NJ (US);
Stephen Esses, Houston, TX (US);
Kirk J Bailey, Blairstown, NJ (US);
Rui J Ferreira, Livingston, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Nathaniel E Hawkins, Lake Hiawatha, NJ (US);
Stephen Esses, Houston, TX (US);
Kirk J Bailey, Blairstown, NJ (US);
Rui J Ferreira, Livingston, NJ (US);
Assignee:
EBI, L.P., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A spinal fixation device. The spinal fixation device includes a plurality of arm assemblies. Each arm assembly can be attached to a single vertebra. Pairs of adjacent arm assemblies can be movably coupled to one another by one or more telescopic assemblies. The telescopic assemblies can oriented substantially transversely to the vertebrae and allow relative movement between the vertebrae.