Patent ID: 9655658
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A system for a percutaneous fixation procedure comprising: at least one bone fastener having a first end including a saddle having a receiver defined between a first leg and a second leg, and a second end adapted to engage an anatomy; at least one device comprising a hollow tube portion including a first end, a second end and a middle portion defined between the first end and the second end, the first end, middle portion and second end being disposed along a longitudinal axis, and the second end connected to the receiver; the middle portion having a pair of deformable leg members extending between the first and second ends, the pair of deformable leg members including a first leg member monolithically formed with a second leg member, the pair of deformable leg members cooperating to define a channel including a first end, a second end and a central longitudinal region defined between the first end of the channel and the second end of the channel, the channel having a width in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis; and the pair of deformable leg members being selectively movable between a retracted state and an expanded state such that the width of the channel is greater at the central longitudinal region of the channel than at the first and second ends of the channel in the expanded state to define a connecting rod entry location, wherein the width of the channel in the central longitudinal region in the expanded state is at least twice the width of the channel at the first and second ends of the channel, wherein the first leg member of the deformable leg members is directly couplable to the first leg of the saddle and the second leg member of the deformable leg members is directly couplable to the second leg of the saddle so that the channel is in communication with the receiver.