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Dr. Haid's Patents & Innovations

Regis W. Haid, Jr., MD, has researched spinal reconstruction techniques, with a number of patents and implants. These innovation have improved and/or developed techniques such as cervical lateral mass plating, anterior cervical plating, posterior, anterior, lateral and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion techniques, cervical arthoplasty, lateral lumbar fusion and posterior thoraco-lumbar instrumentation. Please see below for a sampling of these groundbreaking solutions.

Partial List of Patents

Method and apparatus for retaining screws in a plate | Publication Date 06.01.2010

Screw retaining system in vertebral plate, has ring which is resilient and changes shape between original shape that extends over aperture and deflected shape away from aperture to allow insertion and removal of screw from aperture. Abstract: A retention system for maintaining a screw to a vertebral plate. One or more screws extend through apertures within the vertebral plate. A cavity is positioned adjacent to and overlaps into the aperture. A ring is positioned within the cavity and held in position by a cap. The cap attaches to the plate to prevent removal of the ring. The ring is deflectable. MORE

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