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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2017
Alphatec Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Nathan Meyer, Vista, CA (US);
Martin Bouliane, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Wally Gillespie, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Anand Parikh, San Diego, CA (US);
Jens Peter Timm, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Alphatec Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
The instruments and methods of the present disclosure include an outer shaft, an inner shaft, a roller, and an actuator. In some examples, the outer shaft includes a lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The inner shaft is disposed within the lumen. The roller rotatably is coupled with the distal end at an axis and configured to engage the fixation rod. The actuator operably couples with the inner shaft to translate the inner shaft within the lumen and cause rotation of the roller to impart linear movement on the fixation rod.