Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1995-04-11
1996-08-13
Tucker, Guy V.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 72, 411349, A61B 1770
Patent
active
055451675
ABSTRACT:
A retaining mechanism of a vertebral fixation rod includes a rod body, a retaining bolt, a U-shaped connection element, and a fastening nut. The retaining bolt is provided at one end thereof with a ring for holding the rod body and at another end thereof with a bolt portion having a rectangular head. The U-shaped connection element is provided at one end thereof with a U-shaped fitting portion dimensioned to fit over the bolt portion of the retaining bolt and is further provided at another end thereof with a connecting portion engageable with a vertebra to be fixed or with a vertebral fixation device. The fastening nut is engaged with the rectangular head of the bolt portion of the retaining bolt. The fastening nut is provided therein with a plurality of bevel slide blocks for causing the retaining bolt to slide along the slide blocks when the fastening nut is rotated, and is further provided with one or more stop elements to engage with the rectangular head of the retaining nut.
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