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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2003
William S. Rosenberg, Overland Park, KS (US);
Thomas V. Doherty, Hesperia, CA (US);
Mark C. Boomer, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Bryan S. Jones, West Roxbury, MA (US);
William S. Rosenberg, Overland Park, KS (US);
Thomas V. Doherty, Hesperia, CA (US);
Mark C. Boomer, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Bryan S. Jones, West Roxbury, MA (US);
DePuy Spine, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Spinal implants, spinal rod approximators for seating a stabilizing rod in a rod-receiving portion of a spinal implant, and methods for using the same are provided. In one embodiment, a spinal rod approximator is provided including an elongate member having a grasping member formed on a distal end thereof, and a rod pusher member slidably mated to or mounted on the elongate member. The grasping member is effective to grasp a portion of a spinal implant, and the pusher member is effective to grasp and engage a stabilizing rod and push the rod into a rod-receiving portion of the spinal implant being grasped by the grasping member.