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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Atlas Spine, Inc., Jupiter, FL (US);
Inventor:
Matthew G. Baynham, Jupiter, FL (US);
Assignee:
Atlas Spine, Inc., Jupiter, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8047 (2013.01); A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cervical plate having improved mounting screws that employ a retention clip for automatically engaging the head portion of the screw during insertion into countersunk apertures. The arrangement prevents the mounting screws from migrating out of the bone material during use.