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US 8,911,476 B2Granted
Bone plates, screws, and instruments
AssigneeOsteoMed LLC
InventorsDouglas E. Schmierer, Charles R. Forton, Victor Zaporojan, Marc C. Yap
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Abstract
Systems for trauma and/or joint fusion implants and instruments include transarticular screw and intra-articular washer, polyaxial screw and plate, single- and multi-level polyaxial bone clamps, and minimally invasive adaptations.
Claims12
A plate system for attachment to bone, comprising:
- a first plate comprising a first obverse side and a first reverse side opposite the first obverse side;
- a second plate comprising a second obverse side and a second reverse side opposite the second obverse side;
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- a compressively-driven lock assembly having a sleeve arrangement, for coupling the first plate to the second plate with the first obverse side facing the second obverse side, the sleeve between the first and second obverse sides,
- wherein said compressively-driven lock assembly being adapted to receive compressive force exerted on the first and second plates, which urges said first and second plates together into a locked state.
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A plate system for attachment to bone, comprising:
- a first plate comprising a first obverse side and a first reverse side opposite the first obverse side;
- a second plate comprising a second obverse side and a second reverse side opposite the second obverse side;
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- a compressively-driven lock assembly having a cage assembly, for coupling the first plate to the second plate with the first obverse side facing the second obverse side, the cage between the first and second obverse side,
- wherein said compressively-driven lock assembly being adapted to receive compressive force exerted on the first and second plates, which urges said first and second plates together into a locked state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.