US 12,064,124 B2
Tools for insertion of a spinal implant and methods of using same
Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr, Bloomingdale, NJ (US); Oliver Buchert, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US); Larry Hazbun, Davie, FL (US); Matthew J. Mcgirt, Charlotte, NC (US); and David Okonkwo, Wexford, PA (US)
Assigned to K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US)
Filed by K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/950,677.
Application 17/950,677 is a division of application No. 17/060,823, filed on Oct. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,559,315.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/910,662, filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017664 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/32 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/1617 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61B 17/3496 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/32 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system to prevent skiving at an implant insertion site on a bone, the system comprising:
a surgical tool including a cannulated sleeve having a distal end defining a burr surface; and
a drill bit configured to be disposed within the cannulated sleeve,
wherein in a first configuration the cannulated sleeve and the drill bit are rotationally coupled to each other and in a second configuration the cannulated sleeve and the drill bit rotate independent of one another.