Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Screw tower and rod reduction tool
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Application No.: US17478121Application Date: 2021-09-17
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Publication No.: US11622794B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Matthew Bechtel , Caelan Allen , Neil R. Crawford , Thomas Calloway , Steven Chang , Norbert Johnson , Jeffrey Forsyth
- Applicant: GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US PA Audubon
- Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
- Current Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Audubon
- Main IPC: A61B17/70
- IPC: A61B17/70 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A system includes a screw tower, an instrument, and a housing. The instrument includes a driver shaft extendable longitudinally through the screw tower, and a threaded sleeve mounted on a proximal portion of the driver shaft. The housing includes one or more retention members coupleable to the screw tower, and a threaded button threadably coupleable to the threaded sleeve. The threaded sleeve is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to urge the driver shaft longitudinally relative to the screw tower.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230025618A1 Screw Tower and Rod Reduction Tool Public/Granted day:2023-01-26
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