Patent ID: 9066762
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A system for adjusting a distance between vertebral bodies of a human spine, comprising: a first instrument having a distal end configured to engage a first bone fastener assembly that is securable to a first vertebral body; a second instrument having a distal end configured to engage a second bone fastener assembly that is securable to a second vertebral body, wherein one of the first and second bone fastener assemblies is movably coupled to a rod and the other of the first and second bone fastener assemblies is securable to the rod to inhibit movement along the rod relative to the movable bone fastener assembly; and a connector having: wherein pivoting the first arm relative to the second arm forces the first and second instruments to move towards each other, thereby moving the bone fastener assembly that is movably coupled to the rod towards the secured bone fastener assembly, causing compression of the first and second vertebral bodies.