US 12,342,999 B2
Integrated instrument assembly
James Dinh, Irvine, CA (US); Phillip A. Thompson, Pawnee, IL (US); Dennis Schroeder, Los Angeles, CA (US); Brian Roselauf, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); and David P. Lalor, Jr., Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to Vertos Medical, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed by Vertos Medical, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/825,477.
Application 18/825,477 is a continuation of application No. 18/335,956, filed on Jun. 15, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/352,997, filed on Jun. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0423602 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/02 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stabilization component for use in minimally invasive spine surgery comprising:
a housing having a lumen therein, wherein the housing comprises a first component coupled to a second component; and
a collet positioned within the housing and concentrically disposed about the lumen, the collet being configured to transition between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration;
wherein the stabilization component is configured to be slidable about an access device for accessing a spinal region when in the unlocked configuration, and wherein relative movement between the first component and the second component of the housing compress the collet to be in the locked configuration, thereby locking the housing to the access device.