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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2016
Alphatec Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Alexandra Pinkie, Vista, CA (US);
Alphatec Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Instruments and systems for performing spinal fixation are provided. The instruments and system configured to position and force fit a hook onto a pedicle bone. The systems include a hook and an instrument. The instrument includes a handle and a rod fixedly mounted to a distal end of the handle. The instrument includes a hook support portion having a hood. The hood includes an opening, a support wall, a post and a threaded knob. The support wall is configured to support the hook. The post has a bottom surface dimensioned similar to that of a spinal rod. The threaded knob is mounted within the opening of the hood and engages a pair of threaded sidewalls of a rod support portion of the hook so as to pull the hook into a fixed engagement with the post, securing the hook support portion to the post.