Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-19
2011-07-19
Barrett, Thomas C (Department: 3775)
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
C606S281000, C606S282000, C606S293000, C606S294000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07981142
ABSTRACT:
Bone screws and bone plates are provided that offer the surgeon the ability to either assemble the screws to the plate, or the plate to the screws, depending on the surgeon's preference and the patient's circumstances. The bone screws and bone plates of the present invention include a combination of geometric configurations that allow the screws and plates to fit together from different assembly directions. Additionally, the bone screws and bone plates can include material resilience features to allow expansion/contraction during assembly to allow bi-directional attachment to one another.
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Doherty Thomas V.
Konieczynski David D.
Barrett Thomas C
DePuy Spine, Inc.
Nutter & McClennen & Fish LLP
Yang Andrew
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