Taper lock hook
AssigneeK2M, Inc.
InventorsMichael Barrus, Scott Jones, Brandon Moore, Larry McClintock
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Abstract
A spinal hook includes a hook member, an inner collet, and an outer portion. The hook member includes a head portion and a blade portion. The inner collet includes a base portion configured to rotatably engage the head portion and a pair of engaging portions defining a slot configured to receive a connecting rod therein. The outer portion is movable relative to the inner collet between a locked position in which the outer portion causes the pair of engaging portions to move toward each other and an unlocked position in which the outer portion causes the pair of engaging portions to be spread apart to facilitate insertion or removal of the connecting rod.
Claims20
1-8. (canceled)
A spinal hook comprising:
- a hook housing member including a head portion and a blade portion;
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- an inner collet slidably associated with the hook housing member, the inner collet including a pair of engaging portions defining a first slot therebetween, the first slot configured to receive a connecting rod therein, wherein the inner collet is transitionable between an unlocked state in which the pair of engaging portions are spaced apart to receive the connecting rod within the first slot and a locked state in which the pair of engaging portions secure the connecting rod within the first slot.
A spinal hook comprising:
- a head portion defining an aperture;
- and
- a hook housing portion including a hook member and an inner collet portion having a base portion and engaging members extending from the base portion, the hook member and the inner collet portion formed as a unitary construct, the inner collet portion defining a first slot configured to receive a connecting rod between the engaging members, wherein the hook housing portion is movable relative to the head portion between a unlocked position in which the engaging members are disengaged from a connecting rod disposed in the first slot of the inner collet portion and a locked position in which the engaging members secure a connecting rod disposed in the first slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.