X-SPINE SYSTEMS, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160000576 | INTERVERTEBRAL FUSION DEVICE UTILIZING MULTIPLE MOBILE UNIAXIAL AND BIDIRECTIONAL SCREW INTERFACE PLATES - This invention relates to a spinal fusion system and method for use as a prosthetic implant. The system and method includes a housing dimensioned to be situated between adjacent spinal bones, such as adjacent vertebrae. The housing cooperates with the spinal bones to define at least one or a plurality of graft areas for receiving graft material, which may be pre-packed into the cage or inserted anteriorly into the housing during a surgical operation such as a vertebrectomy or discectomy. A housing may have various features such as migration preventers to prevent the housing from migrating posteriorly towards a spinal column and can be used with a cover that permits the housing to “float” relative thereto. Screws are provided in one embodiment and are dimensioned or configured to lock against each other to retain the screws and, consequently, the cover in place. | 01-07-2016 |
20150297266 | MODULAR MULTI-AXIAL SCREW SYSTEM - A modular pedicle screw comprising a tulip or receiver having a body comprising a through bore for receiving a screw having a screw head, the tulip or receiver also comprising a rod receiving channel for receiving a rod, the body comprising a seat for receiving and supporting at least a portion of the screw head, a wall having at least one resilient or elastic arm, the at least one resilient or elastic arm having at least a portion that is operatively positioned in relation to the screw head to retain the screw head in the tulip or receiver. | 10-22-2015 |
20150157465 | COMPOSITE ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT HAVING A LOW FRICTION MATERIAL SUBSTRATE WITH PRIMARY FRICTIONAL FEATURES AND SECONDARY FRICTIONAL FEATURES - An orthopedic implant comprising a substrate material adapted to provide the orthopedic implant. The implant has a primary friction area located on or integral with the substrate material. The primary friction area defining an engagement surface having a primary frictional feature. A secondary friction area is located on or integral with the engagement surface and defining a second frictional feature. The primary friction area and the secondary friction area defining a friction interface zone between the orthopedic implant and at least one bone. The secondary friction area increases a friction of the engagement surface and modulus of elasticity to enhance the frictional engagement between the engagement surface and the at least one bone. | 06-11-2015 |
20150157366 | SPINAL FACET COMPRESSION SCREW WITH VARIABLE PITCH THREAD ZONES AND BUTTRESS HEAD - A surgical implant comprising a screw element having a screw head, a first thread having a first thread pitch, a second thread having a second thread pitch and an intermediate portion coupling the first and second thread pitches with the first and second thread pitches being different. The implant has a buttressing head associated with the first thread, and it is dimensioned to be larger than a diameter of the first threads to provide external buttressing as the first and second threads compress a first bone and a second bone together. | 06-11-2015 |
20150127052 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINAL FACET COMPRESSION SCREW AND SYSTEM FOR BONE JOINT FUSION AND FIXATION - A system comprising a screw element having a generally cylindrical body having a bore or lumen therethrough and a plurality of fenestrations or windows through which biological material may be provided. The system comprises a tool for inserting the biological material into the screw element so that the biological material may extrude through the plurality of fenestrations or windows and through an aperture in the tip of the screw element thereby enabling providing a fusion mass across two adjacent facet bones or a facet joint wherein the screw itself provides both a fixation component and a screw component. | 05-07-2015 |
20150119992 | SPINAL IMPLANT CO-INSERTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for substantially simultaneous co-insertion of an implant, such as a cage and plate. An inserter is secured to the cage and plate and is used to hold the components while implanting the components during a surgical procedure. | 04-30-2015 |
20140371794 | MODULAR INTERSPINOUS FIXATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A modular interspinous fixation system and method are shown. The system and method comprise a first plate, a second plate and a locking cross bar for locking the first and second plates together and into locked engagement with a first spinous process and a second spinous process. A bridge is mounted or received on the locking cross bar so that it becomes locked onto the locking cross bar when the locking cross bar is in locked engagement. The bridge and locking cross bar are adapted so that the bridge does not rotate about its axis while on the locking cross bar. Various other embodiments are shown illustrating various bridges of different shapes and sizes, integral and non-integral locking cross bars and even a ramped locking cross bar for facilitating preventing separation of the first and second plates after they are mounted to the first and second spinous processes. | 12-18-2014 |
20140350605 | SPINAL IMPLANT LOCKING MEMBER WITH IMPROVED GUIDANCE, TACTILE AND VISUAL FEEDBACK - An implant having a receiver that is adapted to receive a polyaxial screw in the bore and either an internal or external cap. The cap can be an external or internal cap and the implant further has at least one locking aid in the form of at least one of a tactile feedback, a visual feedback or an enhanced fixation between the cap and a rod that is received in the receiver. | 11-27-2014 |
20140324173 | FUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUSING SPINAL BONES - This invention relates to a spinal fusion system and method for use as a prosthetic implant. The system and method includes a housing dimensioned to be situated between adjacent spinal bones, such as adjacent vertebrae. The housing cooperates with the spinal bones to define a graft area for receiving graft material, which may be inserted anteriorly into the housing during a surgical operation such as a vertebrectomy or discectomy. A housing may have various features such as migration preventers to prevent the housing from migrating posteriorly towards a spinal column and can be used with a cover that permits the housing to “float” relative thereto. Screws are provided in one embodiment and are dimensioned or configured to lock against each other to retain the screws and, consequently, the cover in place. | 10-30-2014 |
20140277456 | SPINAL IMPLANT AND ASSEMBLY - An implant assembly is shown and described. The implant has at least one or a plurality of elastic, resilient or flexible arms that each have a detent adapted to retain at least one screw in a locked position in the implant. At least one of the arms has a portion that extends into a screw aperture such that an arm axis is generally parallel to the axis of the screw after the screw is received in the implant. In another embodiment, means or a system for locking the multi-component implant members together is shown. | 09-18-2014 |
20140222081 | RETRACTION TUBE FOR USE WITH CAPLESS PEDICLE SCREW - A retractor system and method for locating and placing a polyaxial screw while substantially simultaneously retracting tissue is shown and described. The retractor has a channel that facilitates introducing a rod into the polyaxial screw. Various embodiments are shown, including one which utilized a reducer for moving the rod in the retractor. | 08-07-2014 |
20140200668 | IMPLANT SYSTEM HAVING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL INSERTER AND COMPLEMENTARY IMPLANT - An implant system having an inserter or implant-drill guide defining a plurality of overlapping bores or elongated passageways. The inserter or implant-drill bit guide provides a drill jig for defining a complementary-shaped drilled-out area in the first and second vertebra. The implant comprises a plurality or lobes or lobate shapes that are adapted in size to be snugly fit into the implant receiving area. | 07-17-2014 |
20140128980 | COMPOSITE ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT HAVING A LOW FRICTION MATERIAL SUBSTRATE WITH PRIMARY FRICTIONAL FEATURES AND SECONDARY FRICTIONAL FEATURES - An orthopedic implant comprising a substrate material adapted to provide the orthopedic implant. The implant has a primary friction area located on or integral with the substrate material. The primary friction area defining an engagement surface having a primary frictional feature. A secondary friction area is located on or integral with the engagement surface and defining a second frictional feature. The primary friction area and the secondary friction area defining a friction interface zone between the orthopedic implant and at least one bone. The secondary friction area increases a friction of the engagement surface and modulus of elasticity to enhance the frictional engagement between the engagement surface and the at least one bone. | 05-08-2014 |
20140018815 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH PIVOTABLE IMPLANT HOLDER - A surgical instrument for inserting an implant is shown. The instrument has a housing having a first end and a second end, a rotatable drive member having an elongated member comprising a grip that is associated with the first end, an implant holder having a securing member that extends through the second end and that is adapted to receive and hold the implant. A universal joint couples the implant holder and the elongated member and is adapted to permit a user to rotatably drive the implant holder when the implant holder is in a pivoted position. | 01-16-2014 |
20140012338 | SURGICAL IMPLANT INSERTER COMPRESSOR - A surgical implant inserter compressor is shown having a plurality of jaws and is adapted to permit at least one or both jaws to move generally parallel with respect to each other or move along an axis wherein the jaws remain in a plane that is generally perpendicular to that axis. The surgical implant inserter compressor is adapted for implanting at least one or a plurality of plates onto a pair of spinous processes and is adapted to distribute the clamping force with which the implants engage the spinous processes. The surgical implant inserter compressor may be adapted to permit one or both jaws to float or pivot to accommodate different anatomical structures, such as spinous processes that are not aligned, are of different sizes or shape and the like. An optional tool guide for guiding a tool to drive a lock to lock the plates together is also shown. | 01-09-2014 |
20140012329 | SCREW IMPLANT AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCKING A SCREW IN AN IMPLANT PLATE - A plate system and method comprising a plate and a screw having an integral resilient lock. The screw comprises a head that has a portion that is adapted to be compressible as it is screwed into bone using a tool. After the screw head is received in the plate and the tool is removed therefrom, the screw head decompresses or expands into a locking or receiving area, thereby locking the screw in the plate. The plate is adapted to have at least one or a plurality of detents or lips for cooperating with at least a portion of the screw head to retain the screw in the plate and prevent it from withdrawing therefrom. | 01-09-2014 |
20130296948 | OFFSET MULTIAXIAL OR POLYAXIAL SCREW, SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLY - A capless multiaxial screw fixation assembly, including a screw having a threaded portion and a screw head portion positioned at one end thereof and a retainer having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a bore for receiving the screw threaded portion so that the screw head portion is seated therein. At least one of the screw and the retainer is configured such that the retainer is able to pivot about the screw head portion in a non-symmetrical manner. | 11-07-2013 |
20130158611 | RETRACTION TUBE FOR USE WITH CAPLESS PEDICLE SCREW - A retractor system and method for locating and placing a polyaxial screw while substantially simultaneously retracting tissue is shown and described. The retractor has a channel that facilitates introducing a rod into the polyaxial screw. Various embodiments are shown, including one which utilized a reducer for moving the rod in the retractor. | 06-20-2013 |
20130150893 | CAPLESS MULTIAXIAL SCREW AND SPINAL FIXATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A spinal fixation assembly and capless multi-axial screw system and method are shown. The assembly comprises a receiver having a rotary lock which in one embodiment includes a plurality of channels which urge and lock the elongated member to the screw using a bayonet type connection. | 06-13-2013 |
20120303126 | FUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUSING SPINAL BONES - This invention relates to a spinal fusion system and method for use as a prosthetic implant. The system and method includes a housing dimensioned to be situated between adjacent spinal bones, such as adjacent vertebrae. The housing cooperates with the spinal bones to define a graft area for receiving graft material, which may be inserted anteriorly into the housing during a surgical operation such as a vertebrectomy or discectomy. A housing may have various features such as migration preventers to prevent the housing from migrating posteriorly towards a spinal column and can be used with a cover that permits the housing to “float” relative thereto. Screws are provided in one embodiment and are dimensioned or configured to lock against each other to retain the screws and, consequently, the cover in place. | 11-29-2012 |
20120290091 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANT WITH BIPLANAR ANGULATION AND COMPOUND ANGLES - A prosthetic implant, and more particularly, with a prosthetic implant having biplanar angulation and that can be inserted into a disk area generally straight using a posterolateral approach. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290018 | FLEXIBLE CRANIAL CLAMP AND METHOD OF ANCHORING TO CRANIUM - A flexible clamp for plugging an aperture in a bone, including a plurality of flexible anchoring members, where each flexible anchoring member has a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a locking tab connected to the second end of each flexible anchoring member; and, a stabilization member slidingly engagable with the flexible anchoring members, wherein the stabilization member may be translocated from a position adjacent the first ends of the flexible anchoring members to a clamping position adjacent the second ends of the flexible anchoring members. The locking tabs engage an inner surface of the bone and the stabilization member engages an outer surface of the bone when in the clamping position. The flexible clamp further includes a ratcheting mechanism associated with each flexible anchoring member, and a plurality of pawl mechanisms formed within the stabilization member which lockingly engage with each of the ratcheting mechanisms. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290008 | MODULAR INTERSPINOUS FIXATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A modular interspinous fixation system and method are shown. The system and method comprise a first plate, a second plate and a locking cross bar for locking the first and second plates together and into locked engagement with a first spinous process and a second spinous process. A bridge is mounted or received on the locking cross bar so that it becomes locked onto the locking cross bar when the locking cross bar is in locked engagement. The bridge and locking cross bar are adapted so that the bridge does not rotate about its axis while on the locking cross bar. Various other embodiments are shown illustrating various bridges of different shapes and sizes, integral and non-integral locking cross bars and even a ramped locking cross bar for facilitating preventing separation of the first and second plates after they are mounted to the first and second spinous processes. | 11-15-2012 |
20120197399 | INTERVERTEBRAL FUSTION DEVICE UTILIZING MULTIPLE MOBILE UNIAXIAL AND BIDIRECTIONAL SCREW INTERFACE PLATES - A system and method includes a housing dimensioned to be situated between adjacent spinal bones, such as adjacent vertebrae. Screws are provided in one embodiment and are dimensioned or configured to lock against each other to retain the screws and, consequently, the cover in place. Another embodiment illustrates a plurality of plate elements that can be slidably received and locked in the cage. Each of the plate elements are adapted to receive at least one screw and guide the screw at a predetermined angle into a vertebra, thereby securing the cage in an inter-vertebral space. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197311 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINAL FACET COMPRESSION SCREW AND SYSTEM FOR BONE JOINT FUSION AND FIXATION - A system comprising a screw element having a generally cylindrical body having a bore or lumen therethrough and a plurality of fenestrations or windows through which biological material may be provided. The system comprises a tool for inserting the biological material into the screw element so that the biological material may extrude through the plurality of fenestrations or windows and through an aperture in the tip of the screw element thereby enabling providing a fusion mass across two adjacent facet bones or a facet joint wherein the screw itself provides both a fixation component and a screw component. | 08-02-2012 |
20120130431 | CAPLESS MULTIAXIAL SCREW AND SPINAL FIXATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A spinal fixation assembly and capless multi-axial screw system and method are shown. The assembly comprises a receiver having a rotary lock which in one embodiment includes a plurality of channels which urge and lock the elongated member to the screw using a bayonet type connection. | 05-24-2012 |
20120123432 | RETRACTION TUBE FOR USE WITH BONE SCREW - A retractor system and method for locating and placing a polyaxial screw while substantially simultaneously retracting tissue is shown and described. The retractor has a channel that facilitates introducing a rod into the polyaxial screw. Various embodiments are shown, including one which utilized a reducer for moving the rod in the retractor. | 05-17-2012 |
20120035657 | SCREW LOCKING MECHANISM AND METHOD - This invention relates to a bony fixation system and method for use as a prosthetic implant. The system and method includes a plate dimensioned to be situated between adjacent bony structures, such as adjacent vertebrae. Screws are provided in one embodiment and are dimensioned or configured to be inserted into a bony structure and to lock against each other to retain the screws and consequently secure the plate in place against the bony structure. | 02-09-2012 |
20120022653 | COMPOSITE ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT HAVING A LOW FRICTION MATERIAL SUBSTRATE WITH PRIMARY FRICTIONAL FEATURES AND SECONDARY FRICTIONAL FEATURES - An orthopedic implant comprising a substrate material adapted to provide the orthopedic implant. The implant has a primary friction area located on or integral with the substrate material. The primary friction area defining an engagement surface having a primary frictional feature. A secondary friction area is located on or integral with the engagement surface and defining a second frictional feature. The primary friction area and the secondary friction area defining a friction interface zone between the orthopedic implant and at least one bone. The secondary friction area increases a friction of the engagement surface and modulus of elasticity to enhance the frictional engagement between the engagement surface and the at least one bone. | 01-26-2012 |
20120022603 | SPINAL FACET COMPRESSION SCREW WITH VARIABLE PITCH THREAD ZONES AND BUTTRESS HEAD - A surgical implant comprising a screw element having a screw head, a first thread having a first thread pitch, a second thread having a second thread pitch and an intermediate portion coupling the first and second thread pitches with the first and second thread pitches being different. The implant has a buttressing head associated with the first thread, and it is dimensioned to be larger than a diameter of the first threads to provide external buttressing as the first and second threads compress a first bone and a second bone together. | 01-26-2012 |
20120010658 | SPINAL STABILIZATION SYSTEM UTILIZING SCREW AND EXTERNAL FACET AND/OR LAMINA FIXATION - A surgical implant for support of spinal vertebrae comprising a screw element having a threaded shank for screwing into a pedicle of a first vertebra and a fixation component that is moveably secured to the screw element. The fixation component has a first end for receiving the screw element and a fixation surface adapted to engage or attach to at least one of an external facet or laminar surface of a second vertebra. Various embodiments are provided for polyaxial movement of the fixation component relative to a polyaxial screw. Also, various apparatus and means for locking the screw element to the fixation component are provided. | 01-12-2012 |
20110301651 | OFFSET MULTIAXIAL OR POLYAXIAL SCREW, SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLY - A capless multiaxial screw fixation assembly, including: a screw having a threaded portion and a screw head portion positioned at one end thereof; and, a retainer having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a bore for receiving the screw threaded portion so that the screw head portion is seated therein. At least one of the screw and the retainer is configured such that the retainer is able to pivot about the screw head portion in a non-symmetrical manner. | 12-08-2011 |
20110238123 | IMPLANT PLATE SCREW LOCKING SYSTEM AND SCREW HAVING A LOCKING MEMBER - Spinal fusion system and method utilizing an implant and screw, wherein at least one pawl is mounted on or integral with the screw to prevent said plate or screw from moving in at least one of an axial direction or a rotational direction. | 09-29-2011 |
20110190892 | SPINAL IMPLANT CO-INSERTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for substantially simultaneous co-insertion of an implant, such as a cage and plate. An inserter is secured to the cage and plate and is used to hold the components while implanting the components during a surgical procedure. | 08-04-2011 |
20110172711 | MODULAR INTERSPINOUS FIXATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A modular interspinous fixation system and method are shown. The system and method comprise a first plate, a second plate and a locking cross bar for locking the first and second plates together and into locked engagement with a first spinous process and a second spinous process. A bridge is mounted or received on the locking cross bar so that it becomes locked onto the locking cross bar when the locking cross bar is in locked engagement. The bridge and locking cross bar are adapted so that the bridge does not rotate about its axis while on the locking cross bar. Various other embodiments are shown illustrating various bridges of different shapes and sizes, integral and non-integral locking cross bars and even a ramped locking cross bar for facilitating preventing separation of the first and second plates after they are mounted to the first and second spinous processes. | 07-14-2011 |
20110152947 | SPINAL IMPLANT LOCKING MEMBER WITH IMPROVED GUIDANCE, TACTILE AND VISUAL FEEDBACK - An implant having a receiver that is adapted to receive a polyaxial screw in the bore and either an internal or external cap. The cap can be an external or internal cap and the implant further has at least one locking aid in the form of at least one of a tactile feedback, a visual feedback or an enhanced fixation between the cap and a rod that is received in the receiver. | 06-23-2011 |
20110106171 | SCREW IMPLANT AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCKING A SCREW IN AN IMPLANT PLATE - A plate system and method comprising a plate and a screw having an integral resilient lock. The screw comprises a head that has a portion that is adapted to be compressible as it is screwed into bone using a tool. After the screw head is received in the plate and the tool is removed therefrom, the screw head decompresses or expands into a locking or receiving area, thereby locking the screw in the plate. The plate is adapted to have at least one or a plurality of detents or lips for cooperating with at least a portion of the screw head to retain the screw in the plate and prevent it from withdrawing therefrom. | 05-05-2011 |
20100249926 | IMPLANT AND A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING, DESIGING AND MANUFACTURING AN IMPROVED ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT - A medical or orthopedic implant, system and method for making the implant having areas that are designed to optimize compressive stress processing by, for example, laser shock peening. The implant is designed by identifying stress areas as processing zones. The processing zones are machined, processed or adapted to have a desired shape or configuration to optimize compression. The processed zones or areas are compressive stressed processed to have a higher density at zones or areas compared to areas that are not compressive stress processed. The implant is finished processed and sterilized and ready for use in the patient. | 09-30-2010 |
20100204738 | CAPLESS MULTIAXIAL SCREW AND SPINAL FIXATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A spinal fixation assembly and capless multi-axial screw system and method are shown. The assembly comprises a receiver having a rotary lock which in one embodiment includes a plurality of channels which urge and lock the elongated member to the screw using a bayonet type connection. | 08-12-2010 |
20100179603 | PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING/INSTALLING THE SAME - The pedicle screw system may be used for fixation of spinal segments and may be advantageous when minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques are employed. The pedicle screw system includes a tulip assembly comprising of a tulip body, an inner member, and an expansion member. Installation of the pedicle screw system into pedicles of the spine, for example, includes inserting the pedicle screw into a portion of the spine and then coupling the tulip assembly to the pedicle screw. The tulip assembly may be locked onto the pedicle screw before a distraction rod is placed in the tulip assembly. After the rod is placed in the tulip assembly, the tulip body and the inner member can be rotated relative to one another to lock the rod into the tulip assembly. In addition, the relative rotation may also provide additional locking of the tulip assembly to the pedicle screw. | 07-15-2010 |
20100152853 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANT WITH BIPLANAR ANGULATION AND COMPOUND ANGLES - A prosthetic implant, and more particularly, with a prosthetic implant having biplanar angulation and that can be inserted into a disk area generally straight using a posterolateral approach. | 06-17-2010 |
20100152788 | PEDICLE SCREW SYSTEM WITH PROVISIONAL LOCKING ASPECTS - A tulip assembly configured to be coupled to a head of a bone fixation device includes at least one inner member configured to fix the tulip assembly to the head of a bone fixation device, and an outer member including at least one engagement surface configured to selectively fix a rod in the tulip assembly via rotation of the outer member, wherein the fixation of the tulip assembly to the head of the bone fixation device is independent of the fixation of a rod in the tulip assembly. | 06-17-2010 |
20100145453 | FUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUSING SPINAL BONES - This invention relates to a spinal fusion system and method for use as a prosthetic implant. The system and method includes a housing dimensioned to be situated between adjacent spinal bones, such as adjacent vertebrae. The housing cooperates with the spinal bones to define a graft area for receiving graft material, which may be inserted anteriorly into the housing during a surgical operation such as a vertebrectomy or discectomy. A housing may have various features such as migration preventers to prevent the housing from migrating posteriorly towards a spinal column and can be used with a cover that permits the housing to “float” relative thereto. Screws are provided in one embodiment and are dimensioned or configured to lock against each other to retain the screws and, consequently, the cover in place. | 06-10-2010 |
20100063553 | BONE FIXATION METHOD - A tulip assembly configured to be coupled to a head of a bone fixation device includes at least one inner member configured to fix the tulip assembly to the head of a bone fixation device, and an outer member including at least one engagement surface configured to selectively fix a rod in the tulip assembly via rotation of the outer member. | 03-11-2010 |
20090306721 | RETRACTION TUBE FOR USE WITH CAPLESS PEDICLE SCREW - A retractor system and method for locating and placing a polyaxial screw while substantially simultaneously retracting tissue is shown and described. The retractor has a channel that facilitates introducing a rod into the polyaxial screw. Various embodiments are shown, including one which utilized a reducer for moving the rod in the retractor. | 12-10-2009 |
20090105763 | CROSS CONNECTOR APPARATUS FOR SPINAL FIXATION RODS - A cross connector apparatus for retaining a pair of spinal rods in spaced relation, including: a middle portion having a first end, a second end, and an extendable member which is able to extend beyond the second end a specified amount; a first side portion positioned adjacent to the first end of the middle portion, wherein the first side portion is rotatably coupled to the middle portion in at least a first plane; and, a second side portion positioned adjacent to the second end of the middle portion, wherein the second side portion is rotatably coupled to the extendable member in at least a second plane. The first and second side portions each further include a mechanism for both retaining the respective side portion in a desired position with respect to the middle portion and retaining a spinal rod member to the respective side portion. | 04-23-2009 |
20090024170 | IMPLANT PLATE SCREW LOCKING SYSTEM AND SCREW HAVING A LOCKING MEMBER - Spinal fusion system and method utilizing an implant and screw, wherein at least one pawl is mounted on or integral with the screw to prevent said plate or screw from moving in at least one of an axial direction or a rotational direction. | 01-22-2009 |
20080312655 | POLYAXIAL SCREW SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING A HINGED RECEIVER - A polyaxial screw system and method are provided. The system comprises a receiver having a pivot area defined by a pivot joint or a material between a pair of receiver walls or members that permit the receiver walls or members to move or pivot relative to each other so that a dimension of a socket area can be changed. The socket area is defined by socket walls that when at least one of the receiver members pivots relative to another receiver member or wall, a distance between the socket walls gets smaller so that the socket walls can engage and lock against a head of a polyaxial screw. | 12-18-2008 |
20080281339 | FLEXIBLE CRANIAL CLAMP AND METHOD OF ANCHORING TO CRANIUM - A flexible clamp for plugging an aperture in a bone, including a plurality of flexible anchoring members, where each flexible anchoring member has a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a locking tab connected to the second end of each flexible anchoring member; and, a stabilization member slidingly engagable with the flexible anchoring members, wherein the stabilization member may be translocated from a position adjacent the first ends of the flexible anchoring members to a clamping position adjacent the second ends of the flexible anchoring members. The locking tabs engage an inner surface of the bone and the stabilization member engages an outer surface of the bone when in the clamping position. The flexible clamp further includes a ratcheting mechanism associated with each flexible anchoring member, and a plurality of pawl mechanisms formed within the stabilization member which lockingly engage with each of the ratcheting mechanisms. | 11-13-2008 |