Patent ID: 9204901
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A spinal fixation device comprising: a first spinal rod; a second spinal rod; a housing, wherein the housing includes an elongated opening; a pivoting locking plug received in the housing, wherein the pivoting locking plug comprises an elongated cutout that is positioned to correspond with the elongated opening of the housing, wherein the pivoting locking plug comprises a first end and a second end and a body having an outer surface therebetween, and the elongated cutout extends from the first end; and a set screw for compressing the outer surface of the pivoting locking plug between the first end and the second end, wherein at least one of the first and second spinal rods is received within the elongated cutout of the pivoting locking plug, wherein the first spinal rod is configured to move greater than 90° in a cephalad-caudal direction with respect to the second spinal rod and the housing.