Posterior lumbar plate
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsBrad Juchno, Kurt Faulhaber
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Abstract
The present invention relates to stable fixation of spine segments, allowing for fusion in, e.g., skeletally mature patients. More particularly, the invention relates to a bone fixation device that can be affixed to vertebrae of a spine to provide reduction (or enlargement) capabilities and allow for fixation in the treatment of various conditions, including, e.g., spondyloslisthesis, degenerative disc disease, fracture, dislocation, spinal tumor, failed previous fusion, and the like, in the spine. The invention also relates to a method for delivering and implanting the bone fixation device.
Claims20
A bone fixation plating device for therapeutic treatment of a patient, the device comprising:
- a plate comprising a first slot and a second slot;
- a first bone screw extendable through the first slot;
- and
- a second bone screw extendable though the second slot,
- wherein the first bone screw is substantially fixed along a length of the plate, while the second bone screw is capable of translation along a length of the plate.
A bone fixation plating device for therapeutic treatment of a patient, the device comprising:
- a plate comprising a first slot and a second slot, wherein the second slot is at least twice the length of the first slot;
- a first bone screw extendable through the first slot;
- and
- a second bone screw extendable though the second slot,
- wherein the first bone screw is substantially fixed along a length of the plate, while the second bone screw is capable of translation along a length of the plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.