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AssigneeRoger P. Jackson
InventorsRoger P. Jackson, James L. Surber
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A receiver of a bone anchor assembly includes a receiver body having a base portion and a pair of upright arms defining a channel for receiving a rod, the upright arms having top surfaces, opposed interior surfaces, and exterior side surfaces extending downward across the upright arms and base portion to a bottom of the receiver body. The receiver also includes a horizontally-elongate upper tool-engaging groove formed into the exterior side surface of each upright arm proximal to and below the top surface of the upright arm, extending horizontally to at least a front face or a back face of the upright arm, and including a downwardly-facing upper surface, an upwardly-facing lower surface, and an outwardly-facing inner surface. The receiver further includes a tool-engaging recess extending across the upper tool-engaging groove of each upright arm, with the tool-engaging recess extending upwardly through the downwardly-facing upper surface and downwardly through the upwardly-facing lower surface and including an outwardly-facing planar surface opposite and parallel to an outwardly-facing planar surface of the tool-engaging recess of the other upright arm.
A receiver of a bone anchor intended for securing a rod to the bone anchor with a closure top, the receiver comprising:
A bone anchor assembly intended for securing a rod to a bone of a patient, the bone anchor assembly comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.