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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:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2009
Jonathan Fanger, Raynham, MA (US);
Andrew P Dooris, Raynham, MA (US);
Leigh W Potter, Plymouth, MA (US);
Jonathan Fanger, Raynham, MA (US);
Andrew P Dooris, Raynham, MA (US);
Leigh W Potter, Plymouth, MA (US);
DePuy Spine, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A bone anchor assembly includes a bone anchor having a proximal head and a distal shaft configured to engage bone, a receiver member for receiving a spinal fixation element to be coupled to the bone anchor, an insert positioned in the proximal end of the receiver member having a pair of spaced apart insert arms defining a recess therebetween, and a closure mechanism positionable between and engaging the insert arms to capture a spinal fixation element within the recess of the insert and fix the spinal fixation element with respect to the receiver member.
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