Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Application
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND INSTRUMENTATION
Matter Number
PER-24
Paragraph Number
38
Application Number
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Reference Case 1
PER-24
Reference Case 2
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Created
1/6/24, 10:01 PM
Modified
1/6/24, 10:01 PM
Id
14,419
Content
As used herein, a "fastener", "fixation device", or "fastener system" refers to any structure configured, designed, or engineered to join two structures. Fasteners may be made of a variety of materials including metal, plastic, composite materials, metal alloys, plastic composites, and the like. Examples of fasteners include, but are not limited to screws, rivets, bolts, nails, snaps, hook and loop, set screws, bone screws, nuts, posts, pins, thumb screws, and the like. Other examples of fasteners include, but are not limited to wires, Kirschner wires (K-wire), anchors, bone anchors, plates, bone plates, intramedullary nails or rods or pins, implants, sutures, soft sutures, soft anchors, tethers, interbody cages, fusion cages, and the like.
Notes
Added by DJM Jan 2024