Intervertebral locking device

Details Intervertebral locking device Intervertebral locking device

1993-07-29

1994-11-01

Graysay, Tamara L.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

623 17, A61B 1758

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active

053604300

ABSTRACT:
An intervertebral locking device includes a bottom base, a bracing member, a top base, and at least one adjusting arm. The bottom base is provided on the upper surface thereof with a fastening member and on the lower surface thereof with one or more spikes. The bracing member has a bottom united with the fastening member attached to the upper surface of the bottom base. The top base is provided on the lower surface thereof with a fastening member and on the upper surface thereof with one or more spikes. The adjusting arm has one end serving as an adjusting end and another end acting as a locking end. The adjusting end of the adjusting arm is fastened to the bottom base or the top base in such a manner that the adjusting end is first adjusted to be in an appropriate position and is then fixed securely at that position. The locking end of the adjusting arm is fixed appropriately on one of the two vertebrae adjacent to a deformed or diseased vertebra under treatment.

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patent: 4309777 (1982-01-01), Patil
patent: 4932975 (1990-06-01), Main et al.
patent: 5062850 (1991-11-01), MacMillan et al.
patent: 5236460 (1993-08-01), Barber

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