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Tools for use in seating spinal rods in open ended implants

  • US 5,720,751 A
  • Filed: 11/27/1996
  • Issued: 02/24/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for seating a spinal rod in a rod receiving channel in a head of an open ended spinal surgery implant;

  • said apparatus comprising;

    a. an implant holder having a handle portion and an implant engaging portion;

    said implant engaging portion including opposed implant engaging members for securing one of the implants therebetween;

    b. a receptacle secured to said handle portion and having a threaded bore extending therethrough;

    c. a pusher assembly having a threaded stem rotatably connected to a rod engaging member;

    said threaded stem being threadingly securable within said threaded bore in said receptacle such that said rod engaging member is advanceable toward and away from an implant secured between said opposed implant engaging members through rotation of said threaded stem;

    d. said implant holder further includes a web having a lower edge which extends transverse to the axis of the rod receiving channel of said implant when said implant is secured between said implant engaging members; and

    e. an opening extends between said lower edge of said web and said head of said implant secured between said implant engaging members.

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