Spinal stabilization installation instrumentation and methods
AssigneeZimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.
InventorHugh D Hestad
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Abstract
A system for installing a vertebral stabilization system. The system includes an installation tool including a handle portion and a shaft extending distally from the handle portion. The shaft includes a conduit and a staple mechanism. The system also includes a flexible implant member extending along the conduit configured to be advanced out from a distal end of the shaft, and a staple housed in the staple mechanism. The staple is configured to secure the flexible implant member to a vertebra. The handle portion is configured to selectively advance the flexible implant member from the shaft and to selectively actuate the staple mechanism.
Claims20
A vertebral stabilization system comprising:
- a stabilization member configured to extend between anchors to affix the stabilization member to adjacent vertebrae;
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- an anchor configured to secure the stabilization member to a vertebra, the anchor comprising:
- a first leg and a second leg each insertable into the vertebra;
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- a cross member connected to the first leg and the second leg, the cross member, the first leg, and the second leg each configured to directly engage and together receive the stabilization member to secure the stabilization member to the vertebra.
A vertebral stabilization system, comprising:
- an elongate flexible stabilization member configured to extend between anchors to affix the stabilization member to adjacent vertebrae;
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- an anchor configured to secure the stabilization member to a vertebra, the anchor comprising:
- a first leg and a second leg each securable to the vertebra;
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- a crown connected to the first leg and the second leg, the crown, the first leg, and the second leg together configured to receive the stabilization member to secure the stabilization member between the anchor and the vertebra.
A vertebral stabilization system, comprising:
- a stabilization member configured to extend between anchors to affix the stabilization member to adjacent vertebrae;
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- a first anchor separated from a second anchor, each of the first anchor and the second anchor comprising:
- a first leg and a second leg each insertable into a vertebra;
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- a cross member connected to the first leg and the second leg, the cross member, the first leg, and the second leg each configured to directly engage the stabilization member and together configured to receive the stabilization member between the first anchor and the second anchor to secure the stabilization member to a posterior portion of the vertebra.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.