Patent ID: 11963699
Assignee: STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A system for direct vertebral rotation, comprising:
at least two elongate structures attachable to a respective pedicle screw implanted in a vertebra of a spine such that each of the elongate structures extends proximally from the respective pedicle screw; and
a clamping instrument including an elongate first member and an opposing elongate second member, the first and second members being movable toward one another to a closed position in which the first and second members engage a plurality of the elongate structures to clamp the plurality of the elongate structures between the first and second members;
wherein, in the closed position, the first member is configured to engage a first elongate structure of the plurality of elongate structures at a first interface and a second elongate structure of the plurality of elongate structures at a second interface, and the second member is configured to engage the first elongate structure at a third interface and the second elongate structure at a fourth interface, each of the first, second, third, and fourth interfaces including a compliant material.