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Rod inserter and rod with reduced diameter end

US8771318B2 · kind B2 · utility

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69References

11Claims

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Assignee

Stryker Spine · FR

Inventors

Daniel J. Triplett · Providence, US
T. Wade Fallin · Hyde Park, US
Karen E. Mohr · Salt Lake City, US
Thierry Millard · Cestas, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 12, 2010
Grant date	Jul 8, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 13, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/7085
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

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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