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Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2008
Applicants:

E. Skott Greenhalgh, Lower Gwynedd, PA (US);

John-paul Romano, Chalfont, PA (US);

Michael Paul Igoe, Seabrook, TX (US);

Robert A. Kiefer, Quakertown, PA (US);

Wade Kevin Trexler, Coopersburg, PA (US);

Inventors:

E. Skott Greenhalgh, Lower Gwynedd, PA (US);

John-Paul Romano, Chalfont, PA (US);

Michael Paul Igoe, Seabrook, TX (US);

Robert A. Kiefer, Quakertown, PA (US);

Wade Kevin Trexler, Coopersburg, PA (US);

Assignee:

Stout Medical Group, LP, Perkasie, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An attachment device with a radially expandable section is disclosed. The attachment device can have helical threads, for example, to facilitate screwing the attachment device into a bone. Methods of using the same are also disclosed. The attachment device can be positioned to radially expand the expandable section in cancellous bone substantially surrounded by cortical bone.


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Greenhalgh, E.. (2014). Expandable attachment device and method (U.S. Patent No. 8636784). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8636784

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