US 12,329,418 B2
Minimally invasive surgery guide wire capturing instrumentation
Caelan Allen, Ambler, PA (US); and Matthew Bechtel, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/815,018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032968 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7032 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7035 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical instrument, comprising:
a driver shaft couplable to a cannulated pedicle screw and having a through bore for conveying a surgical guide wire through the cannulated pedicle screw;
a wire positioning assembly including a positional adjustment mechanism for adjusting an axial position of the surgical guide wire with respect to the cannulated pedicle screw and a locking mechanism for locking the axial position of the surgical guide wire;
a driver actuator coupled to the driver shaft, wherein the driver actuator is operable to rotate the driver shaft to drive rotation of the cannulated pedicle screw; and
a wire anchor having a plurality of slots disposed along a length of the wire anchor, wherein each slot of the plurality of slots is formed to receive a head of the surgical guide wire to axially secure the surgical guide wire to the wire anchor.