Patent ID: 7160300
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A vertebral support rod implantation kit adapted for use with a plurality of vertebra including: a) a plurality of poly axial bone screws with each bone screw being adapted for implantation in one vertebra; each of said bone screws having a mating attachment structure; b) an elongate rod sized and shaped to extend between a pair of end bone screws of said plurality of bone screws; c) a pair of end guide tools; d) each of said end guide tools including an end guide tool attachment structure at a lower end thereof that operably and removably connects with said bone screw mating attachment structure of a respective bone screw; and e) each of said end guide tools including a longitudinal guide channel extending the entire length thereof; each of said channels opening outwardly to the side along the entire length thereof; each of said channels being sized and shaped to slidingly receive opposite ends of the rod for operably guiding the rod ends toward respective bone screws and also defining an open interior pathway from a bottom to a top of a respective guide tool.