Patent ID: 11963701
Assignee: BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for spine surgery comprising:
a rod comprising a longitudinal axis and a connection portion at one end; and
a rod insertion device comprising a rod holding member, the rod holding member comprising a central axis and a rod engagement portion at one end, wherein the connection portion of the rod is movable along the central axis from a position outside the rod engagement portion into the rod engagement portion while the longitudinal axis of the rod is arranged transversely relative to the central axis, and wherein at least part of a shape of the rod engagement portion substantially matches at least part of a shape of the connection portion of the rod to engage the connection portion in a fixed manner at more than one distinct rotational orientation around the longitudinal axis;
wherein when the connection portion is engaged with the rod engagement portion, when viewed in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rod, a cross-section of the connection portion has a maximum height measured in a direction of the central axis of the rod holding member that is greater than a maximum width of the connection portion measured in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.