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

Claim 3:
4. A method for stabilizing an inferior vertebra and a superior vertebra, the method comprising:
posteriorly accessing a spine of a patient;
inserting an implant having a pedicle screw and an anchor into a pedicle of the inferior vertebra in a first, initial orientation, wherein in the first, initial orientation, a longitudinal axis of the pedicle screw and a longitudinal axis of the anchor are parallel;
inserting the pedicle screw of the implant into a vertebral body of the inferior vertebra; and
modifying the implant into a second, final implantation orientation and inserting the anchor of the implant into a vertebral body of the superior vertebra, wherein the implant traverses a disc or disc space between the inferior and superior vertebrae, and the second, final implantation orientation thereby fixates the inferior and superior vertebrae,
wherein, in the initial orientation, the anchor is positioned adjacent to the pedicle screw and wherein the anchor is translates 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.