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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2021
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
David Leff, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Matthew Bechtel, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Patrick Murray, Collegeville, PA (US);
David Peretz, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Noah Hansell, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Jeff Nichols, Media, PA (US);
George Yacoub, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Patrick Taggart, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
Orthopedic fixation devices, assemblies, and methods for securing a spinal rod. The orthopedic fixation device may include a tulip head, a bone fastener, a rotatable saddle, and a threaded locking cap. The saddle may be insertable into the tulip head in an unlocked position with a rod seat offset relative to a rod slot of the tulip head. The saddle may be rotated into a locked position with the rod seat aligned with the rod slot such that a rod is positionable through the rod slot and into the rod seat. The threaded locking cap may secure the rod and bone fastener.