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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2009
Walt Pazanowski, Cardiff, CA (US);
Laurence M. Mckinley, Escondido, CA (US);
Timothy Allen Peppers, LaJolla, CA (US);
Walt Pazanowski, Cardiff, CA (US);
Laurence M. McKinley, Escondido, CA (US);
Timothy Allen Peppers, LaJolla, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An implant locking plate system and a method of using such a system are provided. The implant locking plate system generally includes at least one 'T'-headed bone anchor, such as a screw or bolt that can be inserted into a vertebral body adjacent to the artificial disc to be stabilized, and a stabilizing plate attached to the bone anchor designed to overlap at least a portion of the artificial disk or graft when the bone anchor is inserted into the vertebral body adjacent to the artificial disk or graft.