Surgical fixation system and related methods

US9615866B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• NuVasive, Inc. · US

Inventors

• William D. Smith · Las Vegas, US
• Chad Grant · Escondido, US
• Richard Mueller · Macedonia, US
• Eric Dasso · San Diego, US
• Christopher Huntington · Everett, CA
• Christopher M. Campbell · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 11, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 10, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/8891
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgical fixation system including a base plate, a plurality of anchors, and a plurality of locking elements. The base plate has a pair of fixation apertures configured to receive at least a portion of the anchors therethrough. The fixation apertures are provided by example as elongated slots. The fixation apertures are located within the base plate such that upon proper placement of the base plate within a surgical target site, one of the fixation apertures is positioned over a first bone segment (e.g. a first vertebral body), and the other fixation aperture is positioned over a second bone segment (e.g. a second vertebral body).