Patent ID: 11896497
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A method for implant installation between adjacent vertebral bodies of a patient, comprising the steps of:
assembling an implant onto an insertion tool;
the implant having a support body and a rotatable insert therein;
the support body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and the support body being configured and dimensioned for installation between adjacent vertebral bodies;
wherein the support body includes a superior surface and an inferior surface,
wherein the support body defines a longitudinal opening extending therethrough from the superior surface to the inferior surface and positioned in between the proximal end and the distal portion to accommodate the rotatable insert therein,
wherein the insert is rotatable about a central longitudinal axis within the longitudinal opening to permit the support body to rotate about the insert and the central longitudinal axis;
wherein the insert includes a threaded hole extending transverse to the longitudinal axis to interface with an installation instrument and a counter-torque slot adjacent the threaded hole and extending transversely to the threaded hole;

inserting the installation instrument through the threaded hole such that at least one projection contacts the counter-torque slot;
using the inserted installation instrument, inserting the implant into a patient between adjacent vertebral bodies of a patient such that the implant rotates with respect to the longitudinal tool axis.