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Current Assignee
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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Brad S. Culbert0
Bruce E. Stevens0
Date of Patent
August 9, 2011
Patent Application Number
11623270
Date Filed
January 15, 2007
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Patent abstract
Disclosed is a fixation device that includes an elongated body including a bone anchor at a distal end. An axially moveable proximal anchor is carried by the proximal end of the fixation device. In one embodiment, the device is advanced through a spinous process of a first vertebra, inserted through the first vertebra and the bone anchor is rotated into position within a second vertebra. The proximal anchor is distally advanced with respect to the bone anchor to provide compression across the first and second vertebrae.
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