Patent ID: 9456852
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: A61B,A61L

Claim Text:
1. A collar sized and shaped for coupling between a rod and a pedicle screw or one or more adapters of the screw, comprising: a distal end comprising a geometry shaped to (a) engage a head of said pedicle screw or (b) contact one or more adapters, if any, mounted on said head of said pedicle screw; a proximal end; wherein a long axis of said collar extends between said distal end and said proximal end; a portion adjacent said proximal end, said portion defining a cavity shaped and sized to receive at least a portion of a rod, wherein at least 60% of a top semicircular arc of said rod positioned within said cavity and facing away from said screw head or adapters is in contact with a top solid un-interrupted collar wall portion of said cavity, said top collar wall portion formed as a single unit; and wherein an external profile of said least one of said screw head and said rod, such that the ring axis extends axially along at least a portion of said long axis of said collar.