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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Andy Wonyong Choi, Irvine, CA (US);
Kim Thien Nguyen, Oceanside, CA (US);
Robert Leslie Richards, Hamden, CT (US);
Assignee:
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7047 (2013.01); A61B 17/7065 (2013.01); A61B 17/7074 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for treating the spine are disclosed herein. Medical devices can be positioned along a subject's spine to treat various conditions and diseases. The medical device can include an actuator assembly and a clamp assembly. The actuator assembly can be positioned at an interspinous space between a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process. The actuator assembly can be used to reconfigure the clamp assembly such that the clamp assembly clamps onto the superior and inferior spinous processes.