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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2021
Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc., Westminster, CO (US);
Caleb Lee Stoll, Broomfield, CO (US);
Randall G. Mast, Denver, CO (US);
Allison Christine Capote, Boulder, CO (US);
Heidi Farmer, Lafayette, CO (US);
Guillaume Quetier, Lakewood, CO (US);
Daniel Burke, Thornton, CO (US);
Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc., Westminster, CO (US);
Abstract
A tool for breaking tabs of a vertebral bone anchor can include a tip, a first rail, and a second rail. The tip can be positionable over a housing of a vertebral bone anchor. The first rail can be pivotably coupled to the tip and can extend proximally away from the tip. The first rail can be configured to receive a first extended tab therein. The first rail can be pivotable with respect to the tip between a first upright position and a first outward position to break the first extended tab from the housing. The second rail can be pivotably coupled to the tip and can extend proximally away from the tip.