US 11,701,151 B2
Resiliant spinal plate system
Joshua Kaufmann, Austin, TX (US); Scott Bryant, Austin, TX (US); Greg Calbert, Austin, TX (US); Brian Bergeron, Austin, TX (US); Landon Gilkey, Austin, TX (US); John Stokes, Austin, TX (US); and Matthew Geck, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Genesys Spine, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Genesys Spine, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/101,144.
Application 17/101,144 is a continuation of application No. 16/371,658, filed on Apr. 1, 2019, granted, now 10,849,662.
Application 16/371,658 is a continuation of application No. 15/917,117, filed on Mar. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,245,084, issued on Apr. 2, 2019.
Application 15/917,117 is a continuation of application No. 14/724,323, filed on May 28, 2015, granted, now 9,913,672, issued on Mar. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/003,984, filed on May 28, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0145491 A1, May 20, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/8052 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7059 (2013.01); A61B 17/8047 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthopedic fusion system comprising:
a plate that includes a first aperture and a first clip; and
a screw including a lip, threads, and a shoulder, the shoulder being between the threads and the lip;
wherein:
the plate includes: (a) a first cavity, the first cavity directly interfacing the first aperture, (b) first and second surfaces that oppose each other; and (c) a channel that directly interfaces each of the first surface, the first aperture, and the first cavity;
at least a portion of the first clip is included in the first cavity;
the first clip includes a middle portion and first and second side portions that oppose one another, the middle portion coupling the first and second side portions to each other;
the middle portion of the first clip is included in the channel;
the first and second side portions of the first clip each project into the first aperture and towards a center of the first aperture;
the system is configured such that in a partially implanted position the screw is included in the first aperture and the shoulder actively deflects the first and second side portions of the first clip away from the center of the first aperture;
the system is configured such that in a fully implanted position the screw is included in the first aperture such that the screw is prevented from backing out of the first aperture by the first and second side portions of the first clip that have each snapped back towards the center of the first aperture to intercept the lip;
a first plane intersects the plate, the middle portion of the first clip, and the channel.