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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Caelan Allen, Ambler, PA (US);
Matthew Bechtel, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a driver shaft couplable to a cannulated pedicle screw. The driver shaft having a through bore for conveying a surgical guide wire through the cannulated pedicle screw. The surgical instrument also includes a wire positioning assembly having a positional adjustment mechanism for adjusting an axial position of the surgical guide wire with respect to the cannulated pedicle screw and a locking mechanism for locking the axial position of the surgical guide wire. Additionally, the surgical instrument includes a driver actuator coupled to the driver shaft. The driver actuator is operable to rotate the driver shaft to drive rotation of the cannulated pedicle screw.