Connector for a spinal column corrective device

Details Connector for a spinal column corrective device Connector for a spinal column corrective device

1992-01-02

1993-09-07

Hafer, Robert A.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 60, 606 72, 2482319, A61F 500

Patent

active

052424464

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an apparatus for connecting a spinal column corrective device to a vertebra. The apparatus comprises a screw threadably engageable with the vertebra. An elongate flexible member extends through an opening in the screw and around at least a portion of the corrective device to connect the corrective device to the vertebra.

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Zimmer Orthopaedic Ad, JBJS, vol. 38B No. 2, May, 1956.

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