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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:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Frank H. Boehm, Jr., Utica, NY (US);
Benedetta D. Meinick, Rome, NY (US);
Inventors:
Frank H. Boehm, Jr., Utica, NY (US);
Benedetta D. Meinick, Rome, NY (US);
Assignee:
Innovative Spinal Technologies, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A minimally invasive method for stabilizing adjacent vertebrae to be fused is accomplished with a device configured to interlink the pedicles of the adjacent vertebrae and including multiple pedicle screws. Each of the pedicle screws has a screw head configured to receive a connecting rod in a position, in which the rod and the receiving pedicle screw are vertically aligned.
Published as:
US2004039384A1; CA2496371A1; WO2004017847A2; AU2003260019A1; WO2004017847A3; MXPA05002050A; EP1545355A2; US2007016188A1; US2007016198A1; US2007016199A1; US7306603B2; AU2003260019B2; EP1545355B1; ATE416703T1; DE60325242D1; EP2111809A2; EP2111809A3; US8202304B2; CA2496371C; US8382802B2; US8579942B2;