Patent ID: 8790405
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A fixation device for bones comprising: a bone screw; and a member configured to be fixed to one or more bones and has at least one bore for receiving the bone screw for insertion through the at least one bore into the bone, wherein the at least one bore comprises an internal thread portion; wherein the bone screw comprises: wherein when the catch is engaged with the stop, the external thread portion of the first shaft section and the internal thread portion of the bore are entirely disengaged; wherein the member is an intervertebral implant comprising a device body having an upper face and a lower face for engaging with end plates of an upper vertebral body and a lower vertebral body, respectively, a side wall including at least a front wall and a back wall, and at least one inner wall extending from the front wall to the back wall and separating an interior of the member into a plurality of inner spaces, and wherein the at least one bore is located in the front wall and opens into a respective one of the inner spaces.