US 12,295,622 B2
Spinal anchoring system
Kurt Faulhaber, Renton, WA (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/729,234.
Application 17/729,234 is a continuation of application No. 16/696,064, filed on Nov. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,350,971.
Application 16/696,064 is a continuation of application No. 15/823,655, filed on Nov. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,517,648, issued on Dec. 31, 2019.
Application 15/823,655 is a continuation of application No. 14/874,550, filed on Oct. 5, 2015, granted, now 9,855,078, issued on Jan. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0249132 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/705 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 17/7032 (2013.01); A61B 17/7034 (2013.01); A61B 17/7037 (2013.01); A61B 17/7044 (2013.01); A61B 17/7082 (2013.01); A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 17/56 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 17/7001 (2013.01); A61B 17/7058 (2013.01); A61B 2017/8655 (2013.01); A61B 17/88 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for implanting an anchoring system in bone, the method comprising:
providing an anchoring system, the anchoring system including:
a first coupling assembly configured to receive and hold a first stabilization element;
a second coupling assembly configured to receive and hold a second stabilization element; and
a plate configured to attach to the first coupling assembly and to the second coupling assembly,
implanting at least one bone screw in the bone;
attaching the first coupling assembly to the at least one bone screw;
coupling the first stabilization element to the first coupling assembly, wherein the first coupling assembly includes a first coupling body that receives and holds the first stabilization element;
coupling the second coupling assembly of the anchoring system to the second stabilization element;
coupling the plate to the first and second coupling assemblies, such that a portion of the plate is seated below the first coupling assembly and above a shaft of the bone screw; and
inserting a first clamp into the first coupling assembly, wherein the first clamp includes a clamp-plate lock configured to engage a plate-clamp lock of the plate to lock the first clamp with respect to the plate,
wherein the plate includes a plate-coupling lock configured to lock the plate to the first coupling body, wherein the first coupling body includes a coupling-plate lock that contacts and engages the plate-coupling lock to lock the plate to the first coupling body, and
wherein the plate-coupling lock includes male locking features and the coupling-plate lock includes female locking features configured to receive the male locking features.