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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Medos International Sarl, Le Locle, CH;
Frank Spratt, Bole, CH;
Thibault Chandanson, Villers le Lac, FR;
Ernest Quintanilha, Raynham, MA (US);
Shawn D. Stad, Fall River, MA (US);
Ralf Klabunde, Winterthur, CH;
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Bone anchor assemblies and methods are provided having a multi-component bone anchor that is configured to allow the shank of the bone anchor to be bottom loaded into a receiver member. In one embodiment, a bone anchor assembly is provided having a shank with a distal threaded portion and a proximal head portion, a ball having a spherical exterior surface and a central lumen sized to receive the head portion of the shank, and a clip configured to be engaged between the head portion and the ball such that the clip is effective to lock the ball in engagement with the shank.