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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2017
Stylitech, Montpellier, FR;
Thierry Marnay, Montpellier, FR;
STYLITECH, Montpellier, FR;
Abstract
A locator-pin for positioning a pedicle screw in a bone, comprising a pin body, a distal portion comprising a trocar tip shaped to penetrate a bone by pressing and/or percussing and a proximal portion equipped with a first fixing member to fix, during use, to an insertion pin-carrier and a second fixing member to fix, during use, to a removal pin-carrier, the two fixing members being different, wherein the first fixing member is able to transmit at least an axial push parallel to an axis of a locator-pin, and the second fixing member is able to transmit at least an axial draw parallel to the axis of the locator-pin and at least one sense of rotation around the axis of the locator-pin. Systems comprising the locator-pin and methods of recovering a positioned locator-pin.