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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2014
Applicant:
K2m, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Larry McClintock, Gore, VA (US);
Kevin R. Strauss, Columbia, MD (US);
Behrooz Akbarnia, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/705 (2013.01); A61B 17/7002 (2013.01); A61B 17/7014 (2013.01); A61B 17/7041 (2013.01); A61B 17/7032 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bone fixation device adapted to be coupled to bone anchors that allows movement of rods to permit a screw-rod construct to lengthen in response to bone growth without necessitating post surgical installation adjustment of the device. The bone fixation device includes a locking mechanism that is operably associated with a housing to allow relative movement of a rod and a housing in a first direction and inhibiting relative movement of the rod and the housing in a second direction.