INSTRUMENTS FOR REORIENTING VERTEBRAL BONES FOR THE TREATMENT OF SCOLIOSIS
An orthopedic device set, including: a plurality of intervertebral spacer elements, each spacer element having a different axial thickness from each other element, the axial thicknesses being selected to increase by an increment from one element to another; and an instrument for holding ones of the intervertebral spacer elements, the instrument comprising a shaft having a distal end, a selectively grasping subassembly for alternatively rigidly holding each spacer element at the distal end so that the spacer element cannot move relative to the instrument, and releasing the spacer element.
1 . An orthopedic device set, comprising:
a plurality of intervertebral spacers, each spacer having a different axial thickness from each other spacer, each spacer including a groove that defines a central axial core of the spacer; and
an instrument for holding ones of the intervertebral spacers by the axial core of the spacer, the instrument comprising a shaft having a distal end, a selectively grasping subassembly for alternatively holding and releasing the axial core of each spacer at the distal end.