US 12,239,549 B2
Tube twister engaging fill tube
Joseph E. Gleason, Eagan, MN (US)
Assigned to Spineology Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Spineology Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,011.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/153,159, filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265439 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4601 (2013.01) [A61F 2/441 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a fill tube for filling a surgical implant, the method comprising:
keying a flanged end of the fill tube to a tube twister so that the fill tube cannot rotate axially relative to the tube twister and so that the flanged end can only be keyed to the tube twister in one single axial orientation.