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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Applicant:
Jonathan T. Costabile, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jonathan T. Costabile, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
ALPHATEC SPINE, INC, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8042 (2013.01); A61B 17/7059 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bone fixation plate includes a first opening formed in a plate that is configured to receive a first fastener; a second opening formed in the plate that is configured to receives a second fastener, and a retention member that extends into a third opening formed in the plate between the first opening and the second opening, wherein the retention member is elastically deformable between at least three positions.