US 12,011,194 B2
Paraxial revision rod-to-rod connector
Joshua Stein, Montvale, NJ (US); and Carla Bandeira, Voorhees, NJ (US)
Assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/987,394.
Application 17/987,394 is a continuation of application No. 17/003,545, filed on Aug. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,523,848.
Application 17/003,545 is a continuation of application No. 15/606,279, filed on May 26, 2017, granted, now 10,786,285, issued on Sep. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/346,078, filed on Jun. 6, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0149050 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/64 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7049 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7043 (2013.01); A61B 17/705 (2013.01); A61B 17/645 (2013.01); A61B 17/7041 (2013.01); A61B 17/7052 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical method comprising:
providing a first screw including a first spinal rod disposed therein, the first spinal rod defining a first diameter and extending along a first axis;
contacting a first portion of a first connector with a portion of the first screw;
disposing a second spinal rod in a channel of a second portion of the first connector, the second spinal rod defining a second diameter and extending along a second axis, and
adjusting an offset distance between the first spinal rod and the second spinal rod by rotating the second portion of the first connector with respect to the first portion of the first connector to translate the second spinal rod with reference to the first spinal rod,
wherein the step of adjusting the offset distance includes a step of adjusting the offset distance such that the first spinal rod is coplanar with the second spinal rod.