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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2016
K2m, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Robert Meyer, Leesburg, VA (US);
Kevin R. Strauss, Columbia, MD (US);
Larry McClintock, Gore, VA (US);
K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A spinal rod locking holder includes an outer body, a handle assembly at a proximal end of the outer body, a locking assembly within a distal portion of the outer body, and a sprocket assembly at the distal end of the outer body. The handle assembly includes a moveable handle operatively associated with the sprocket assembly to selectively engage and release an end of a spinal rod. The locking assembly including a bearing operatively associated with a pawl such that when the moveable handle is compressed the bearing extends the pawl into contact with an outer surface of the sprocket assembly. The sprocket assembly including sprocket sections configured to compress against the end of the spinal rod when the pawl engages the outer surface of the sprocket assembly.