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US 11,439,439 B2Granted
Closed-head polyaxial and monaxial screws
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsBrad Juchno, Milan George
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Abstract
A closed-head polyaxial screw for use in spinal instrumentation for spinal fusion, treatment of deformity, or the like. Polyaxial screws may have a two-part design, with the screw fitting into an aperture in the closed head. One or more clamps may secure the bone screw in the aperture. A closed-head polyaxial screw having a one part design is also disclosed. In addition, a one-part monaxial screw is described.
Claims13
A closed-head monaxial screw comprising:
- a closed head comprising an upper threaded portion having an upper aperture, wherein the head further comprises a lateral rod-receiving aperture configured to receive a rod, the head being closed such that a wall of the head is adapted to completely and circumferentially surround the lateral rod-receiving aperture around a longitudinal axis of the lateral rod-receiving aperture,. wherein the upper threaded portion is integrally formed in the closed head;
- a bone screw connected to the head by a neck;
- and
- a set screw configured to be received in the upper aperture from only the rod-receiving aperture in the head and having a retaining lip extending laterally past the outermost diameter of an internal threading of the upper aperture and adapted to directly contact an upper surface of the rod-receiving aperture such that the set screw is prevented from moving upwardly and out of the upper threaded portion, wherein the set screw includes a rod interface surface and the rod interface surface is formed of a more flexible material relative to other portions of the set screw,
- wherein the head and the bone screw are formed as one piece and at a fixed angle.
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A closed-head monaxial screw comprising:
- a head member including an upper threaded portion having an upper aperture, the head member further including a lateral rod-receiving aperture for receiving a rod therein, the head member being closed such that a wall of the head member is adapted to completely and circumferentially surround the lateral rod-receiving aperture around a longitudinal axis of the lateral rod-receiving aperture, wherein the upper threaded portion is integrally formed in the head member;
- a neck;
- a bone screw connected to the head member via the neck;
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- a set screw received through the upper aperture in the head member from only the rod-receiving aperture, wherein the set screw includes a lip at its lower end and extending laterally past the outermost diameter of an internal threading of the upper aperture so as to directly contact an inner lower end of the upper threaded portion so as to prevent the set screw from moving upwardly and out of the upper threaded portion in the head member, wherein the set screw includes a rod interface surface and the rod interface surface is formed of a more flexible material relative to other portions of the set screw,
- wherein the head member, the neck and the bone screw are formed as one piece and at a fixed angle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.