Patent ID: 9414870
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A fixation assembly comprising: a plate assembly including: a removable tab having a length in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and a width in the first direction where the length is greater than the width, the removable tab being removably positioned in the gap such that the removable tab removably attaches to the plate assembly at a location in the gap and at no other location of the plate assembly, such that the location in the gap is disposed between the first and second stop surfaces with respect to the first direction, and the removable tab is separate from any structure that attaches to the plate assembly at a location outside the gap with respect to the first direction, wherein (i) the tab abuts the second stop surface to fix the second plate relative to the first plate with respect to movement from the expanded position toward the compressed position, and (ii) the second plate is movable from the expanded position toward the compressed position when the removable tab is removed from the gap.