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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
James Klein, Dallas, TX (US);
James Klein, Dallas, TX (US);
BLACKSTONE MEDICAL, INC., Lewisville, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments relate to a fastener operable to be received into an opening defined in a plate. The fastener may include a modular sleeve having an actuatable mechanism operable to prevent the rotation of the fastener relative to the plate. The modular sleeve may be moved from a non-actuated first position and an actuated second position to actuate the actuatable mechanism. A portion of the modular sleeve may be accessible from a top side of the head of the fastener through a plurality of channels in the head, and the modular sleeve may be accessible through the plurality of channels in the head in order to actuate the modular sleeve.