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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2021
Biedermann Technologies Gmbh & Co. KG, Donaueschingen, DE;
Timo Biedermann, Trossingen, DE;
Achim Schünemann, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Tobias Hägle, Donaueschingen, DE;
BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG, Donaueschingen, DE;
Abstract
A system for spine surgery includes a rod with a longitudinal axis and a connection portion, and a rod insertion device including a rod holding member with a central axis and a rod engagement portion, wherein at least part of a shape of the rod engagement portion substantially matches at least part of a shape of the connection portion to engage the connection portion in a fixed manner at more than one distinct rotational orientation around the longitudinal axis. When the connection portion is engaged with the rod engagement portion, when viewed in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a cross-section of the connection portion has a maximum height measured in a direction of the central axis of the rod holding member that is greater than a maximum width of the connection portion measured in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.