Patent ID: 9622784
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A locking member for a bone fixation device, the locking member comprising: a locking body that defines an outer surface, an inner bone contacting surface opposite the outer surface, an internal surface that extends between the inner bone contacting surface and the outer surface; a toothed body that is movably coupled to the locking body, the toothed body having an engagement side that faces the internal surface, and a biasing side that is opposite the engagement side; a member that is supported by the locking body, the member defining a biasing surface that faces the biasing side, wherein the locking body is configured to receive a toothed member such that the biasing surface abuts the biasing side to thereby move the toothed body toward the toothed member so as to i) permit the toothed member to translate through the locking body along a direction that extends from the inner surface to the outer surface, and ii) prevent the toothed member from translating through the locking body along a direction that extends from the outer surface to the inner surface.