Spinal implant, driver tool and nut guide
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Apr 15, 2005
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Mar 28, 2000
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A nut guide guides a nut member of a spinal implant having an implant body and an anchoring screw section, and also guides a driver tool having a lower end formed with a nut engagement tip. A a vertebral connecting rod therein is retained with a pair of the spinal implant to be anchored into vertebral bodies. The nut guide includes a grip section, and a hollow cylindrical shaft extending from the grip section and adapted to permit insertion of the driver tool therein, the cylindrical shaft having a lower distal end formed with a rod engaging segment for engaging with and retaining the connecting rod to place the lower distal end in a fixed place, and a threaded bore formed rearward of the rod engaging segment for momentarily receiving the nut member therein.
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