Implant assembly including screw locking mechanism

US12053212B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FloSpine, LLC · US

Inventors

• John Afshar · West Jupiter, US
• John Robinson · Concord, US
• Cheng-Lun Soo · Oklahoma City, US
• Brett Schlifka · Boynton Beach, US
• Thomas Fellman · Lake Worth Corridor, US
• James Spitler · Midlothian, US
• James Szalas · Chimney Lakes, US
• Peter Harris · Boca Raton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 2021
• Grant date: Aug 6, 2024
• Expiry date: Oct 22, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/00455
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An implant assembly may include a screw with a head having a head feature and an implant. The implant may be securable to a bone of a patient with the screw. The implant may include a bone plate, a rotatable structure having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface may include a lock feature. The lock feature may engage the head feature when the rotatable structure is in a locked orientation and disengage the head feature when the rotatable structure is in an unlocked orientation. The rotatable structure may couple to the bone plate such that the rotatable structure is rotatable between the locked orientation and the unlocked orientation. The head feature may be one of a ridge and a radial groove and the lock feature may be the other one of the ridge and the radial groove.