Patent ID: 11889999
Assignee: NUVASIVE, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. The method of claim 15,
wherein the compression cap has a compression cap outer wall that at least in part defines a lower tensioner cavity;
wherein the locking cap includes:
a drive nut that includes a drive nut wall that at least in part defines an upper tensioner cavity; and
an outer cup fixed to the drive nut, wherein the outer cup defines an outer cup hollow;

wherein the drive nut wall extends into the outer cup hollow, thereby defining a gap between the outer cup and the drive nut;
wherein the method comprises:
receiving the compression cap outer wall in the gap when the locking cap is sufficiently advanced toward the compression cap; and

wherein the tensioner is disposed in a tensioner cavity defined at least in part by the upper tensioner cavity and the lower tensioner cavity.