Patent ID: 11877934
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An implant for stabilizing an inferior vertebra and a superior vertebra, the implant comprising:
a pedicle screw and an anchor moveably connected to the pedicle screw, the implant having a first, initial insertion orientation and a second, final implantation orientation different from the first, initial insertion orientation,
wherein the pedicle screw is configured to be inserted through a pedicle of the inferior vertebra and the anchor is configured to engage a non-pedicular bone portion of the superior vertebra in the second, final implantation orientation,
wherein, in the initial orientation, the anchor is positioned adjacent to the pedicle screw and wherein the anchor is translated away from the pedicle screw to a final extended position in the final implantation orientation,
wherein the anchor is moveably connected to the pedicle screw via a housing, and
wherein a distal end of the anchor is received in the housing in the first, initial orientation, and the anchor slides through the housing and the proximal end of the anchor is received in the housing in the second, final implantation orientation.