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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2015
Applicant:
David Louis Kirschman, Dayton, OH (US);
Inventor:
David Louis Kirschman, Dayton, OH (US);
Assignee:
X-spine Systems, Inc., Miamisburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7098 (2013.01); A61B 17/7064 (2013.01); A61B 17/7082 (2013.01); A61B 17/863 (2013.01); A61B 17/8841 (2013.01); A61B 17/861 (2013.01); A61B 17/864 (2013.01); A61B 17/8891 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system comprising a screw element having a generally cylindrical body having a bore or lumen therethrough and a plurality of fenestrations or windows through which biological material may be provided. The system comprises a tool for inserting the biological material into the screw element so that the biological material may extrude through the plurality of fenestrations or windows and through an aperture in the tip of the screw element thereby enabling providing a fusion mass across two adjacent facet bones or a facet joint wherein the screw itself provides both a fixation component and a screw component.