US 12,364,519 B2
Dispensing fasteners
Michael Harper, Pottstown, PA (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/934,325.
Application 17/934,325 is a continuation of application No. 16/734,454, filed on Jan. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,484,353.
Application 16/734,454 is a continuation of application No. 15/214,498, filed on Jul. 20, 2016, granted, now 10,548,642, issued on Feb. 4, 2020.
Application 15/214,498 is a continuation of application No. 13/461,159, filed on May 1, 2012, granted, now 9,421,037, issued on Aug. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020483 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/58 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/7091 (2013.01) [A61B 17/58 (2013.01); A61B 17/68 (2013.01); A61B 17/7035 (2013.01); A61B 17/7037 (2013.01); A61B 17/7076 (2013.01); A61B 17/7082 (2013.01); A61B 17/8875 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 2017/567 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for dispensing a series of fasteners into one or more screw members, the method comprising:
providing the one or more screw members configured to be inserted into one or more bone members;
providing a rod that extends between the one or more screw members; and
providing a device for dispensing a series of fasteners in the one or more screw members, wherein the device comprises:
a handle assembly;
a magazine defining a longitudinal axis and having a distal opening, wherein the magazine is sized and configured to hold a series of fasteners, the series of fasteners insertable through said distal opening; and
a retention tip
wherein the device further comprises a cam actuator and a biasing element, wherein the device further comprises one or more ratchet pawls that extend through ratchet guides disposed within an end of a push rod and wherein the one or more ratchet pawls include ramped surfaces,
wherein the device further comprises a support having a splined guide bore aligned with said longitudinal axis of said magazine, said support connected to said magazine to be rotatable with respect to said longitudinal axis,
wherein the device further comprises a shaft slideably disposed within said support, and
wherein the device further comprises a biasing element connecting between said support and said shaft, said biasing element configured to urge said shaft along said longitudinal axis in a direction towards said distal opening relative to a location of said support;
dispensing the series of fasteners in to the one or more screw members.