Patent ID: 11957389
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method for stabilizing bone comprising the steps of:
providing a bone fixation system comprising:
a spacer configured to be inserted in between two adjacent vertebral bodies;
a bone plate, configured to engage the spacer, having an upper surface and a lower surface configured to be in contact with bone, the bone plate having a locking hole extending from the upper surface to the lower surface, the entire inner surface of the locking hole being a non-threaded surface, the locking hole including a textured portion and non-textured portion, wherein the textured portion comprises a texture that is a non-threaded surface; and
a locking fastener configured to be received in the locking hole and configured to be inserted into the bone, wherein the locking fastener has a threaded head portion having an uninterrupted threading,
wherein the threaded head portion is configured to deform the textured portion of locking hole to lock the locking fastener to the bone plate, and wherein the uninterrupted threading is a spherical taper of dual leads,

wherein the textured portion on the inner surface of the locking hole comprises diamond knurls arranged about a central axis of the locking hole
positioning the spacer between adjacent vertebral bodies; and
positioning the bone plate over the bone.