Trial inserter and trial head
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorDamien Kahmer
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Abstract
Embodiments are directed to spinal treatments and, more particularly, to a trial inserter tool compatible with detachable trial heads for use in spinal surgery. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a system for sizing an implant to be used in posterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery. The system may comprise a trial inserter tool, wherein the trial inserter tool comprises: a body, wherein the body is an elongated tubular, wherein the body comprises a first end and a second end; an actuation device, wherein the actuation device is disposed on the body between the first end and the second end; and a hooked support member that extends from the second end of the body; and a trial head disposable on the hooked support member.
Claims11
A system for sizing an implant, comprising:
- a trial inserter tool, wherein the trial inserter tool comprises:
- a body, wherein the body is elongated, wherein the body comprises a first end and a second end;
- an actuation device, wherein the actuation device is disposed on the body between the first end and the second end;
- and
- a single hooked support member that extends from the second end of the body and includes a protrusion;
- a plunger disposed in the body, wherein the plunger is operable to translate axially in the body in response to the actuation device
- a trial head releasably attachable to the hooked support member and the plunger,
- wherein a longitudinal axis of the plunger intersects a longitudinal axis of the protrusion,
- wherein the actuation device comprises a sleeve and a button, wherein the button is disposed on the sleeve, wherein the sleeve is disposed around the body of the trial inserter tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.