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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2010
Applicant:
David R. Warnick, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Inventor:
David R. Warnick, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Assignee:
X-spine Systems, Inc., Miamisburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tulip assembly configured to be coupled to a head of a bone fixation device includes at least one inner member configured to fix the tulip assembly to the head of a bone fixation device, and an outer member including at least one engagement surface configured to selectively fix a rod in the tulip assembly via rotation of the outer member, wherein the fixation of the tulip assembly to the head of the bone fixation device is independent of the fixation of a rod in the tulip assembly.