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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2023
Applicant:
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Inventor:
Alexandru Balus, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7041 (2013.01); A61B 17/705 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rod-to-rod connector implant is disclosed herein, the rod-to-rod connector implant being configured for joining a first rod and a second rod in a spinal fixation procedure. In various embodiments, disclosed herein are the rod-to-rod connector implant; a spinal fixation system comprising such a rod-to-rod connector implant, a first rod, and a second rod to be joined or coupled to the first rod by the connector implant; a method of inserting a rod-to-rod connector implant; and a kit comprising a rod-to-rod connector implant and a pair of forceps configured for use in inserting the connector implant into a patient.