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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2013
Amicus Design Group, Llc, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Randall F. Lee, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Daniel S. Savage, Cleveland, OH (US);
Alan W. Rorke, North Somerset, GB;
Richard D. Guyer, Plano, TX (US);
Jack E. Zigler, Plano, TX (US);
Amicus Design Group, LLC, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Abstract
A prosthesis includes: a body including a first major surface for engaging an endplate of a first vertebral bone of a spine, a second major surface for engaging an endplate of an adjacent, second vertebral bone of the spine; at least one aperture extending from within the body and opening at the first major surface; at least one anchoring element disposed within the aperture and including a shaft having proximal and distal ends; and a drive mechanism engaging the proximal end of the at least one anchoring element and operating to push the at least one anchoring element out through the at least one aperture and into the first vertebral bone, without rotating the at least one anchoring element about an axis thereof.