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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:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2012
Applicants:
Josh Kaufman, Austin, TX (US);
Scott Bryant, Austin, TX (US);
Greg Calbert, Lakeway, TX (US);
John Stokes, Austin, TX (US);
Matthew Geck, Austin, TX (US);
Landon Gilkey, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Josh Kaufman, Austin, TX (US);
Scott Bryant, Austin, TX (US);
Greg Calbert, Lakeway, TX (US);
John Stokes, Austin, TX (US);
Matthew Geck, Austin, TX (US);
Landon Gilkey, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Genesys Spine, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides for a system, such as a cervical plate fusion system, that has mechanisms for preventing bone screws from backing out of the plate. The system prevents both counter-rotation of the screw and axial backing out of the screw. Other embodiments are described herein.