Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Head-to-head connector spinal fixation system
- Patent Title (中): 头对头连接器脊柱固定系统
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Application No.: US12581410Application Date: 2009-10-19
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Publication No.: US07967845B2Publication Date: 2011-06-28
- Inventor: Carl Lauryssen , Raymond F. Murphy , David D. Konieczynski , Bryan S. Jones , Mark T. Hall , Thomas V. Doherty , Steven Ludwig , Iain H. Kalfas , Michael O'Brien
- Applicant: Carl Lauryssen , Raymond F. Murphy , David D. Konieczynski , Bryan S. Jones , Mark T. Hall , Thomas V. Doherty , Steven Ludwig , Iain H. Kalfas , Michael O'Brien
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Agency: Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/70
- IPC: A61B17/70
Abstract:
A spinal fixation system comprising at least two bone anchors, a rod connecting the bone anchors and a connecting plate extending from a proximal surface of at least one of the bone anchors. A method of fixing vertebrae relative to each other comprising the steps of: implanting bone anchors in two adjacent vertebrae, each bone anchor having a rod receiving portion; placing a rod in the rod receiving portions, thereby connecting the bone anchors; threadably engaging set screws in the rod receiving portions of at least a portion of the bone anchors, thereby fixing the rod to the bone anchors; mating one end of a connecting plate to a proximal bearing surface of at least a portion of the bone anchors; and engaging a cap with at least a portion of the set screws, thereby fixing the connecting plate to the bone anchors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100036420A1 HEAD-TO-HEAD CONNECTOR SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2010-02-11
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