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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
May. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Nabil L. Muhanna, Gainesville, GA (US);
David L. Schalliol, Oakwood, GA (US);
Inventors:
Nabil L. Muhanna, Gainesville, GA (US);
David L. Schalliol, Oakwood, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vertebral plating system includes a bone screw and a vertebral plate. The bone screw includes a screw head and a shaft. The screw head includes at least three segments flexibly attached to the shaft and has a spherical outside surface. The plate includes holes to receive the screw and that have a spherical inside surface. A driver tool has pins that are inserted into a pin hole on each segment, and that causes the segments to move towards each other when downward pressure is applied.