Patent ID: 11957385
Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
providing a first fastener having opposite proximal and distal ends;
threading the distal end into a first vertebra;
threading a second fastener into a second vertebrae;
reducing a spinal rod into an implant cavity of the first fastener;
positioning a tether having opposite first and second ends such that the tether is wrapped about the spinal rod, the tether extends through a passageway of the second fastener and the tether is spaced apart from the vertebrae, the tether being positioned such that the first and second ends are proximal to the proximal end; and
reducing the spinal rod by translating the spinal rod along the tether toward the second fastener.