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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Alliance Partners, Llc, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Frankie Morris, Austin, TX (US);
Mike Faraj, San Antonio, TX (US);
Justin Rice, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Alliance Partners, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for locking a bone fastening or fixation mechanism in a receiving member of a medical implant (corpectomy cage or cervical cage). The locking mechanism is kept in place (both in its locked and unlocked positions) using a retaining mechanism. The retaining mechanism also provides predetermined locked and unlocked positions that are readily moved to by the practitioner and maintained in position once placed there.