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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2007
Sara Dziedzic, Dorchester, MA (US);
Garth G. Baker, Somerset, MA (US);
Shawn D. Stad, Fall River, MA (US);
Nicholas Pavento, Dorchester, MA (US);
Paul Beaudoin, Derry, NH (US);
Sara Dziedzic, Dorchester, MA (US);
Garth G. Baker, Somerset, MA (US);
Shawn D. Stad, Fall River, MA (US);
Nicholas Pavento, Dorchester, MA (US);
Paul Beaudoin, Derry, NH (US);
DePuy Spine, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and devices for placing a spinal fixation rod into a rod receiving opening in a spinal anchor and installing a fastener to secure the rod to the spinal anchor. In one embodiment, the system can include a cap having a bore extending therethrough, an elongate drive rod that is adapted to extend through the bore, and a fastener that is disposed on a distal portion of the drive rod. The cap can include a driving element that is adapted to cooperate with a complementary driving element disposed on the rod to form a driving mechanism. Actuation of the driver mechanism can be effective to advance the drive rod through the cap to thereby reduce a spinal rod into a rod receiving opening of the spinal anchor and install the fastener to secure the rod to the spinal anchor.