Bottom-loading bone anchor assemblies and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9775660
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13828882

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Bone anchor assemblies and methods are provided having a multi-component bone anchor that is configured to allow the shank of the bone anchor to be bottom loaded into a receiver member. In one embodiment, a bone anchor assembly is provided having a shank with a distal threaded portion and a proximal head portion, a ball having a spherical exterior surface and a central lumen sized to receive the head portion of the shank, and a clip configured to be engaged between the head portion and the ball such that the clip is effective to lock the ball in engagement with the shank.

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  • MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chandanson, Thibault Villers le Lac, FR 40 865
Klabunde, Ralf Winterthur, CH 8 188
Quintanilha, Ernest Raynham, US 33 1185
Spratt, Frank Bole, CH 54 1299
Stad, Shawn D Fall River, US 50 3236

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