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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2022
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Caelan Allen, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Matthew Bechtel, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Noah Hansell, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Stefan Lamers, Phoenixville, PA (US);
David Leff, Philadelphia, PA (US);
David Peretz, Wynnewood, PA (US);
George Yacoub, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
An orthopedic fixation device for affixing the screw head of a polyaxial pedicle screw has a tulip, a saddle, and a ring. The tulip has an interior cavity and two opposed threaded arms and a lower ledge. The saddle is inserted into the tulip body, and has a U shaped groove for receiving a spinal fixation rod. The ring has a diameter that is smaller than the widest diameter of the screw head, and is formable into a diameter larger than the widest diameter of the screw head when the screw head is pushed into the ring. The ring has a connection portion that mates with a connection portion of the saddle. The screw head is clamped within the tulip body between the saddle and the ring when a cap is threaded between the tulip arms.