ROD INSERTER AND ROD WITH REDUCED DIAMETER END
First Claim
1. A pedicle screw assembly comprising:
- a bone fastener having a lower end for engaging bone and an upper end remote from the lower end;
a head having a rod-receiving channel attached to the upper end of said bone fastener;
a spinal rod insertable into the rod-receiving channel of said head, said spinal rod having an outer surface extending between first and second ends thereof, wherein at least one of the first and second ends has a reduced diameter section.
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Abstract
A pedicle screw assembly including a bone fastener having a lower end for engaging bone and an upper end remote from the lower end; a head having a rod-receiving channel attached to the upper end of said bone fastener; a spinal rod insertable into the rod-receiving channel of said head, said spinal rod having an outer surface extending between first and second ends thereof, wherein at least one of the first and second ends has a reduced diameter section. A spinal rod having an outer surface extending between a first end and a second end thereof; wherein the outer surface of said spinal rod has a reduced diameter section at least one of the first and second ends.
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14 Claims
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1. A pedicle screw assembly comprising:
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a bone fastener having a lower end for engaging bone and an upper end remote from the lower end; a head having a rod-receiving channel attached to the upper end of said bone fastener; a spinal rod insertable into the rod-receiving channel of said head, said spinal rod having an outer surface extending between first and second ends thereof, wherein at least one of the first and second ends has a reduced diameter section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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- 8. A spinal rod having an outer surface extending between a first end and a second end thereof, wherein the outer surface of said spinal rod has a reduced diameter section at least one of the first and second ends.
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