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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2016
Alphatec Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Nathan Meyer, Vista, CA (US);
Alphatec Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A transverse link with a pair of opposing engagement members having a spherical ball bearing configured to fix a respective screw extender with respect to each other is provided. The spherical bearing is configured to allow the engagement member to rotate in three dimension so as to accommodate the position of a pair of respective screw extenders. The transverse link includes an automatic latching mechanism configured to fixed the spatial distance between the ends of the rod fixation instruments with respect to each other.
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