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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Keyer, West Chester, PA (US);
Eric McDivitt, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Joseph Capozzoli, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Christoph Meyer, Houston, TX (US);
Nicholas Theodore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Charles Kuntz, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/705 (2013.01);
Abstract
A revision connector is configured to couple a new spine fixation rod to a previously implanted spine fixation rod that is secured to a plurality of vertebrae. The new spine fixation rod can be implanted and secured to vertebrae that are caudal and/or cranial with respect to the previously secured vertebrae.