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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2016
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Ralph C. Solitario, Jr., Pocasset, MA (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument configured to introduce a spinal fixation rod into a vertebral implant. When the spinal fixation rod is engaged with the surgical instrument and the surgical instrument is put into a retention configuration, the spinal fixation rod cannot be removed from the surgical instrument until the spinal fixation rod is properly oriented with respect to the surgical construct and the surgical instrument is released from the retention configuration. The surgical instrument includes a surgical instrument body, an actuator, an engagement assembly, and a transfer assembly that extends between the actuator and the engagement assembly. The surgical instrument can also be used as part of a method for introducing a spinal fixation rod or part of a kit for introducing a spinal fixation rod.