Spinal stabilization installation instrumentation and methods
AssigneeZimmer 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.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A vertebral stabilization installation tool comprising:
- a handle;
- an elongate shaft having a proximal end connected to the handle, the elongate shaft extending away from the handle along a longitudinal axis of the installation tool, the elongate shaft comprising:
- a conduit that directs a stabilization member through the elongate shaft from the proximal end toward a distal end;
- and
- a ramp located at the distal end that receives the stabilizing member from the conduit and discharges the stabilizing member in a direction away from the longitudinal axis of the installation tool.
A vertebral stabilization installation tool comprising:
- a first handle;
- an elongate shaft having a proximal end connected to the first handle, the elongate shaft extending away from the first handle and terminating at a distal end, the elongate shaft comprising:
- a conduit that directs a stabilization member through the elongate shaft from the proximal end toward the distal end;
- and
- a ramp located at the distal end that receives the stabilizing member from the conduit and redirects the stabilizing member as the ramp discharges the stabilizing member;
- and
- a second handle connected to the elongate shaft and spaced away from the first handle, the second handle actuatable to controllably advance the stabilizing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.