Patent ID: 9572601
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A coupler for an implantable spinal correction system, the coupler comprising: a first connector configured for securement to a first stabilizing member; a second connector configured for securement to at least one of a vertebral anchor or a second stabilizing member; a first slide member having a central bore and being connected to the first connector; a second slide member having a central bore and being connected to the second connector and telescopically received within the central bore of the first slide member; a drive member extending through the central bores of the first and second slide members; and an actuator coupled with the drive member defining an actuator rotation axis offset from a longitudinal axis of the drive member such that rotation of the actuator about the actuator rotation axis causes rotation of the drive member about its longitudinal axis resulting in relative, longitudinal movement between the first and second slide members along the longitudinal axis of the drive member.