Patent ID: 11890034
Assignee: SEASPINE ORTHOPEDICS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A method of inserting a collet into a movable head, the method comprising:
obtaining a movable head, wherein the movable head includes one or more tracks;
obtaining a collet, wherein the collet includes a central opening with a longitudinal axis and one or more flexible hinges, and wherein the one or more flexible hinges includes a concave interior intersecting the central opening and extending radially outward away from the central opening and the longitudinal axis whereby the concave interior of the one or more flexible hinges faces towards the longitudinal axis;
inserting the one or more flexible hinges of the collet into the one or more tracks of the movable head when the collet is in a compressed configuration;
moving the collet in the compressed configuration along the one or more tracks of the movable head by sliding the one or more flexible hinges in the one or more tracks; and
positioning the collet into an uncompressed configuration within said moveable head.