IP Library Granted Patent US 12,414,860
Granted Patent B2
US 12,414,860 · App. 18/319,084 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Implant with bone screw retention

Inventors: Eugene Shoshtaev (Del Mar, CA); Paul Christopher Zakelj (Chicago, IL)
Assignee: Life Spine, Inc.
A61F2/4455A61F2002/30011A61F2002/30143A61F2002/30433
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Patent No.
US 12,414,860
App. No.
18/319,084
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An implant includes an interbody device having a front, a rear, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a central cavity, and a plurality of bores extending into the rear of the interbody device, each arced bore being configured to receive an arced anchoring member.

Claims (44)

1. An implant comprising:

an interbody device having a front, a rear, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a central cavity, and a plurality of angled bores extending into the rear of the interbody device;

wherein each angled bore is configured to receive an arced anchoring member, and

wherein each arced anchoring member comprises:

a shaft having a first end and a second end;

a tip at the first end of the shaft; and

a head at the second end of the shaft, the head comprising a flat surface, a threaded bore extending into the flat surface, and a rounded shoulder, wherein the flat surface is configured to receive a force to move the arced anchoring member within the angled bore, the threaded bore is configured to receive a tool, and the rounded shoulder is configured to engage a surface of the angled bore to guide the arced anchoring member within the angled bore.

2. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the interbody device includes a porous portion and a solid portion, wherein the solid portion at least partially surrounds the porous portion proximate the rear, first lateral side, and second lateral side.

3. The implant of claim 2 , wherein the first lateral side includes a first lateral window extending through the solid portion and the second lateral side includes a second lateral window extending through the solid portion.

4. The implant of claim 3 , wherein the first lateral window enables visualization of the porous portion through the first lateral window, and wherein the second lateral window enables visualization of the porous portion through the second lateral window.

5. The implant of claim 3 , wherein the first lateral window comprises a plurality of first lateral windows and the second lateral window comprises a plurality of second lateral windows.

6. The implant of claim 2 , wherein the porous portion comprises a plurality of hexagonal-shaped pores.

7. The implant of claim 1 , further comprising an anchoring member retention component, wherein the interbody device includes an aperture configured to receive the anchoring member retention component such that the anchoring member retention component prevents backing out of the arced anchoring member.

8. The implant of claim 7 , wherein the anchoring member retention component is a cam screw having a head, a threaded shaft, a tip, and a shoulder.

9. The implant of claim 8 , wherein the cam screw is movable between a first position, enabling insertion and removal of one of the arced anchoring member, and a second position, preventing back out of one of the arced anchoring member.

10. The implant of claim 1 , further comprising the arced anchoring member, wherein the arced anchoring member comprises a bone barb.

11. An implant comprising:

a plurality of arced anchoring members; and

an interbody device having a front, a rear, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a central cavity, and a plurality of arced angled bores each configured to receive one of the plurality of arced anchoring members;

wherein the interbody device includes a porous portion and a solid portion at least partially surrounding the porous portion proximate the rear, first lateral side, and second lateral side, the solid portion having a higher density than the porous portion, and

wherein each arced anchoring member comprises:

a shaft having a first end and a second end;

a tip at the first end of the shaft; and

a head at the second end of the shaft, the head comprising a flat surface, a threaded bore extending into the flat surface, and a rounded shoulder, wherein the flat surface is configured to receive a force to move the arced anchoring member within the angled bore, the threaded bore is configured to receive a tool, and the rounded shoulder is configured to engage a surface of the angled bore to guide the arced anchoring member within the angled bore.

12. The implant of claim 11 , wherein the first lateral side includes a first lateral window extending through the solid portion and the second lateral side includes a second lateral window extending through the solid portion, and wherein the interbody device is a single integral piece.

13. The implant of claim 12 , wherein the first lateral window enables visualization of the porous portion through the first lateral window, and wherein the second lateral window enables visualization of the porous portion through the second lateral window.

14. The implant of claim 13 , wherein the first lateral window comprises a plurality of first lateral windows and the second lateral window comprises a plurality of second lateral windows.

15. The implant of claim 12 , further comprising an anchoring member retention component, wherein the interbody device includes a threaded hole configured to receive the anchoring member retention component, wherein the anchoring member retention component is a cam screw having a head, a threaded shaft, a tip, and a shoulder.

16. The implant of claim 15 , wherein the cam screw is movable between a first position, enabling insertion and removal of one of the plurality of arced anchoring members, and a second position, preventing back out of one of the plurality of arced anchoring members.

17. An implant system comprising:

an implant body comprising:

a bore configured to receive an arced anchoring member; and

an installation tool interface, wherein the arced anchoring member comprises:

a shaft having a first end and a second end;

a tip at the first end of the shaft; and

a head at the second end of the shaft, the head comprising a flat surface, a threaded bore extending into the flat surface, and a rounded shoulder, wherein the flat surface is configured to receive a force to move the arced anchoring member within the bore, the threaded bore is configured to receive a tool, and the rounded shoulder is configured to engage a surface of the bore to guide the arced anchoring member within the bore; and

an installation tool comprising:

an interface body configured to engage the installation tool interface;

an arced bore configured to receive the arced anchoring member.

18. The implant system of claim 17 , further comprises a plurality of arced anchoring members, including the arced anchoring member, wherein the installation tool further comprises:

a plurality of installation bores configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of drive members; and

the plurality of drive members configured to drive the plurality of arced anchoring members while the installation tool is attached to the implant body.

19. The implant system of claim 18 , wherein the plurality of drive members are usable to simultaneously drive the plurality of arced anchoring members into an adjacent bone.

20. The implant system of claim 19 , wherein the arced anchoring member comprises a bone barb configured to be inserted into the adjacent bone, wherein the bone barb defines a curved shaft configured to translate within the arced bore.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2025
From: SHOSHTAEV, EUGENE; ZAKELJ, PAUL CHRISTOPHER
To: LIFE SPINE, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 16734232 · Jan 3, 2020
Continuation In Part 15957021 · Apr 19, 2018
Provisional Application 62487092 · Apr 19, 2017
Related Publication 20230285160A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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