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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2003
William L. Dunbar, Norton, MA (US);
Chris Rybicki, Fall River, MA (US);
Ian Burgess, Barrington, RI (US);
Ron Sacher, Needham, MA (US);
William L. Dunbar, Norton, MA (US);
Chris Rybicki, Fall River, MA (US);
Ian Burgess, Barrington, RI (US);
Ron Sacher, Needham, MA (US);
DePuy Spine, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A rod reduction device is provided having a reduction nut adapted to mate to the rod-receiving portion of a spinal implant, and a driver tool that is effective to engage the reduction nut such that rotation of the driver tool rotates the reduction nut to reduce a rod positioned between the reduction nut and within the rod-receiving head of a spinal implant into the rod-seating portion of the head of the spinal implant. The driver tool can include a supportformed on a distal end thereof that is adapted to be disposed within the rod-receiving head of a spinal implant to prevent the rod-receiving head of the implant from collapsing during use of the rod reduction device.