Instrument and method for provisionally locking a polyaxial screw

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9844400
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14058144

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An instrument for provisionally tightening a screw body member to a head of a polyaxial bone screw includes a barrel body, an inner shaft, a handle and lever, and a load link assembly. The barrel body includes a distal end with a pair of rotatable tangs configured to engage the screw body member. The inner shaft includes a distal end configured to engage a bushing within the screw body member. The lever pivotally couples to one of the handle and the barrel body. The load link assembly couples to the inner shaft and the lever. Actuation of the lever towards causes the load link assembly to longitudinally displace the inner shaft toward the distal end to contact the bushing and advance the bushing into frictional fit between the screw body member and the head of the polyaxial bone screw.

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ALPHATEC SPINE INC1950 CAMINO VIDA ROBLE CARLSBAD CA 92008

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Gillespie, Wally Carlsbad, US 8 207
Hutton, Clark Carlsbad, US 35 990
Stevenson, Tara La Jolla, US 11 210

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