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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2009
William Smith, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Chad Grant, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard Mueller, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Eric Dasso, Encinitas, CA (US);
Christopher Huntington, Providence, RI (US);
Christopher Campbell, Temecula, CA (US);
William Smith, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Chad Grant, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard Mueller, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Eric Dasso, Encinitas, CA (US);
Christopher Huntington, Providence, RI (US);
Christopher Campbell, Temecula, CA (US);
NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical fixation system including a base plate, a plurality of anchors, and a plurality of locking elements. The base plate has a pair of fixation apertures configured to receive at least a portion of the anchors therethrough. The fixation apertures are provided by example as elongated slots. The fixation apertures are located within the base plate such that upon proper placement of the base plate within a surgical target site, one of the fixation apertures is positioned over a first bone segment (e.g. a first vertebral body), and the other fixation aperture is positioned over a second bone segment (e.g. a second vertebral body).