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US 2017/0245900 A1Published application
Spinal implant system and method
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorWilliam Alan Rezach
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Abstract
A spinal construct includes a fastener configured for attachment with sacral and/or pelvic tissue of a body. A connector includes a mating element engageable with the fastener and includes a receiver. A spinal implant is engageable with the receiver between a capture configuration and a removable configuration. A multi-axial fastener is connected with the spinal implant. Systems, implants, instruments and methods of use are disclosed.
Claims20
A spinal construct comprising:
- a fastener configured for attachment with sacral and/or pelvic tissue of a body;
- a connector including a mating element engageable with the fastener and including a receiver;
- a spinal implant being engageable with the receiver between a capture configuration and a removable configuration;
- and
- a multi-axial fastener connected with the spinal implant.
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A spinal construct comprising:
- an alar iliac screw;
- a connector including a body having a mating element engageable with the screw and a receiver disposed at an angle relative to the body, the receiver defining an opening and a transverse cavity;
- a spinal rod connected with the receiver between a capture configuration such that the spinal rod is disposable with the transverse cavity and a coupling member is disposed with the opening and engageable with the spinal rod to fix the receiver with the spinal rod and a removable configuration such that the receiver is rotatably removed from the spinal rod;
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- a multi-axial fastener connected with the spinal rod.
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A method for treating a spine, the method comprising the steps of:
- engaging a fastener of a spinal construct with an ala of a sacrum;
- engaging a multi-axial fastener of the spinal construct with an S1 vertebra of the sacrum;
- connecting a spinal rod of the spinal construct with a receiver of a connector of the spinal construct;
- engaging a coupling member with the spinal rod to fix the spinal rod with the receiver;
- connecting the spinal rod with the multi-axial fastener;
- engaging the connector with the fastener;
- and
- removing the spinal rod from the receiver to selectively adjust the spinal construct.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.