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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2022
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Adam D. Glaser, Collierville, TN (US);
Daniel Paxton Wall, Cordova, TN (US);
William Alan Rezach, Covington, TN (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument is provided that includes a first member defining a longitudinal axis and including a first mating surface engageable with a second mating surface of a fastener. A second member includes an expandable portion. A third member is engageable with the expandable portion to releasably capture the fastener. A first lever is connected to the first member, and a second lever is connected with the first lever via a pivot. The levers being rotatable relative to the longitudinal axis between a non-locked orientation and a locked orientation such that the pivot is rotatable past axial alignment to fix position of the first member relative to the fastener. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed.