Patent ID: 9072547
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for coupling first and second elongate spinal fixation elements, the device comprising: a first connector member having proximal and distal portions, the distal portion including an engagement portion configured and dimensioned to provisionally receive the first elongate spinal fixation element with an interference fit; a translation member having proximal and distal portions, the proximal portion of the first connector member operatively associated with the proximal portion of the translation member to provide polyaxial movement of the first connector member relative to the translation member, wherein the proximal portion of the first connector member extends through a bore formed in the translation member; a second connector member having proximal and distal portions, the distal portion configured and dimensioned to receive the second elongate spinal fixation element and the proximal portion coupled to the translation member; and a first locking member to secure the first elongate spinal fixation element in the engagement portion of the first connector member and to lock the polyaxial movement, thereby fixing the first connector member relative to the first translation member, wherein the first locking member is received through the first connector and not the translation member.