Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Instrument and method for restoring motion to a polyaxial screw
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Application No.: US15205062Application Date: 2016-07-08
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Publication No.: US10398480B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Tara Stevenson , Wally Gillespie , Clark Hutton
- Applicant: Alphatec Spine, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Assignee: Alphatec Spine, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Alphatec Spine, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Agency: Honigman LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/70
- IPC: A61B17/70 ; A61B17/29

Abstract:
A polyaxial screw head remobilizer system for remobilizing a screw body member relative to a head of a polyaxial bone screw includes a barrel body, a handle assembly, an inner shaft, a slide assembly, and a lever. The barrel body includes proximal and distal ends. The distal end includes a plurality of prongs for releasably engaging a plurality of yokes of the polyaxial screw body member to center the inner shaft over the head of the screw. The handle assembly couples to the proximal end of the barrel body. The inner shaft, disposed within the barrel body, includes proximal and distal ends. An engagement feature of the inner shaft mates with pockets of a bushing of the screw body member. The slide assembly is operably coupled to the barrel body and effect translations of the inner shaft. The lever extends from the slide assembly and rotates to actuate the slide assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160317196A1 INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR RESTORING MOTION TO A POLYAXIAL SCREW Public/Granted day:2016-11-03
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