Modular tulip assembly
US10485594B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 4, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B17/863
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A modular tulip assembly has a rod receiving tulip and a saddle. The saddle is interlockingly held inside a distal portion of the tulip. The saddle has an external locking groove or recess. The tulip has a locking projection. The locking projection is positioned into the external locking groove or recess and holds the saddle in a pre-loaded unlocked state ready to be pushed onto a head of an implanted bone screw. Upon receiving the head of the bone screw, the saddle can be moved distally relative to the tulip to a locked state by moving the locking groove or recess distally past the locking projection to where the proximal end of the saddle is past abutting the locking projection.
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