US 11,653,956 B2
Cross connection system for strengthening a stabilization construct
Alan Daniels, Barrington, RI (US); and Miles Wilson, Tiverton, RI (US)
Filed by Quandary Medical, LLC, Wilmington, NC (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/684,171.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/767,453, filed on Nov. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0146728 A1, May 14, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7052 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7002 (2013.01); A61B 17/7034 (2013.01); A61B 17/7037 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cross connector system, comprising:
a bar arm;
a first laterally placed cross connector supported by a first end of the bar arm, the first laterally placed cross connector configured to accommodate and retain a first rod;
a second laterally placed cross connector supported by a second end of the bar arm, the second laterally placed cross connector configured to accommodate and retain a second rod, the first or second laterally placed cross connector rotatable and can have numerous secured positions relative to the bar arm, the first and second laterally placed cross connectors positioned in a first plane in a first direction prior to the cross connector system being manipulated by a user; and
at least one tulip head secured to the bar arm and configured to translate laterally and rotate to accommodate a third rod in an upwardly-facing recess of the at least one tulip head, the at least one tulip head positioned in a second plane in the first direction that is parallel to the first plane,
wherein the first laterally placed cross connector includes a first downwardly-facing recess disposed on a lower side of the first laterally placed cross connector, the first downwardly-facing recess on the lower side configured to receive the first rod.