| CPC A61B 17/7049 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7041 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
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1. An implantable connector system comprising:
a connector having a first receptacle, a second receptacle, and a first bushing received in the first receptacle, and wherein the connector includes a first threaded opening intersecting the first receptacle and a second threaded opening intersecting the second receptacle;
wherein the first receptacle includes a front opening connected to a back opening, a first axis of the first receptacle extending from a front side to a back side of the connector, wherein the front opening includes a continuous closed periphery defined entirely by the front side of the connector and the back opening includes a continuous closed periphery defined entirely by the back side of the connector, wherein the front opening is a slot for a first distance along the first axis of the first receptacle towards the back opening and intersects with an annular groove of the first receptacle formed within the continuous closed periphery defined by the front side of the connector and extending at least partially between and partially spaced from the front opening and the back opening, wherein the first bushing is axially loaded along the first axis through the slot of the first receptacle in a first orientation and when the bushing is positioned proximate the annular groove of the first receptacle the bushing is pivoted to a second orientation different from the first orientation;
a first rod matingly received within the first bushing when the first bushing is orientated in the second orientation;
a second rod matingly received within the second receptacle;
a first fastener configured to threadably engage the first threaded opening; and
a second fastener configured to threadably engage the second threaded opening.
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