Granted Patent
B2
US 9,050,139 · App. 13/815,933 · Granted Jun 9, 2015
Orthopedic implant rod reduction tool set and method
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Abstract
A tool set for implanting a rod in a human spine in conjunction with bone screws.
Claims (3)
1. A receiver for a bone anchor and comprising:
a) a pair of laterally spaced upstanding arms having external surfaces extending from a front side to a back side of the receiver and respective upper surfaces, the arms forming a rod-receiving channel therebetween; and
b) each arm having a laterally opening groove formed on each external surface and located near the upper surfaces, the grooves being symmetrically sized and shaped and opposed and extending radially, circumferentially, and horizontally with respect to a respective external surface, each groove extending to one of the front and back sides of the receiver.
Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST
Recorded Feb 28, 2020
From: NUVASIVE, INC.; NUVASIVE CLINICAL SERVICES MONITORING, INC.; NUVASIVE CLINICAL SERVICES, INC.; NUVASIVE SPECIALIZED ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 052918/0595 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Jan 15, 2020
From: JACKSON, ROGER P., MD
To: NUVASIVE, INC.
Reel/Frame 051525/0380 →
Continuity (11)
Division
13815933
Provisional Application
60630536
· Nov 23, 2004