Patent ID: 9005260
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A receiver body for an elongated spinal fixation element, the receiver body comprising: a housing portion having a first slot and a second slot opposite the first slot, the first and second slots forming a passage through the housing portion, the housing portion further comprising an outer wall; a first flange extending radially outwardly from the housing portion, the first flange having a circular perimeter edge extending radially outwardly from the outer wall in a cantilevered arrangement and a chamfered section extending radially outwardly from the outer wall in a cantilevered arrangement, the chamfered section having a notched undercut for engagement with an instrument; and a second flange extending radially outwardly from the housing portion oppositely arranged from the first flange, the second flange having a circular perimeter edge extending radially outwardly from the outer wall in a cantilevered arrangement and a chamfered section extending radially outwardly from the outer wall in a cantilevered arrangement, the chamfered section having a notched undercut for engagement with an instrument, the notched undercut of the second flange positioned diametrically opposite the notched undercut of the first flange.