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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2019
K2m, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Steven Ludwig, Baltimore, MD (US);
Scott Dhupar, Windsor, CO (US);
Sabatino Bianco, Arlington, TX (US);
Khalid Abbed, New Haven, CT (US);
Egon Doppenberg, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Jennifer Moore, Leesburg, VA (US);
John Donohoe, Morrisville, NC (US);
Scott A. Jones, Mcmurray, PA (US);
Todd Wallenstein, Ashburn, VA (US);
Brad Vinckier, Leesburg, VA (US);
Jordan Floyd, Westlake, OH (US);
Gregory Lanford, Nashville, TN (US);
Brian O'Shaughnessy, Nashville, TN (US);
Thomas Morrison, Atlanta, GA (US);
K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A driving instrument for adjusting a spinal implant includes an outer shaft having a distal end configured to actuate a proximal adjustment assembly of a spinal implant, and an inner shaft having a distal end configured to actuate a distal adjustment assembly of the spinal implant. The inner shaft is disposed within the outer shaft, with a proximal end of the inner shaft extending proximally from the outer shaft. The proximal end is configured to be rotated such that rotation of the inner shaft results in simultaneous rotation of the inner and outer shafts, with rotation of the outer shaft ceasing at a first value of resistance associated with the proximal adjustment assembly and rotation of the inner shaft ceasing at a second value of resistance associated with the distal adjustment assembly such that cessation of rotation of the inner shaft is independent from cessation of rotation of the outer shaft.