US 11,744,712 B2
Lordotic rod-washer implant for lumbo-sacral fusion
Gary Fleischer, Exeter, NH (US); Brandon Arthurs, Wilmington, NC (US); Ryan Arce, Denver, CO (US); Leighton LaPierre, Wilmington, NC (US); and Jeffrey R. Schell, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to Gary Fleischer, Exeter, NH (US)
Filed by Gary Fleischer, Exeter, NH (US); Brandon Arthurs, Wilmington, NC (US); Ryan Arce, Denver, CO (US); Leighton LaPierre, Wilmington, NC (US); and Jeffrey R. Schell, Denver, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/114,870.
Application 17/114,870 is a division of application No. 16/047,657, filed on Jul. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,888,432.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/537,564, filed on Jul. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0085477 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/446 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7044 (2013.01); A61B 17/7055 (2013.01); A61B 17/8685 (2013.01); A61F 2/30942 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61B 17/8695 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3085 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30405 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30514 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30622 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4629 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4677 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant, the implant comprising:
a sacrum anchor;
a distraction rod extending from the sacrum anchor and disposed at least partially within the sacrum anchor;
a fixation screw extending through the distraction rod, the fixation screw secured directly to a part of a patient's body when the implant is fully implanted in the patient's body; and
a washer disposed around the fixation screw and adjacent to the distraction rod.