Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1995-09-25
1997-12-30
Tucker, Guy V.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 72, 606 73, A61B 1770
Patent
active
057023921
ABSTRACT:
A coupling plate assembly for spinal correction includes a central rod, a clamping tube having a truncated conical head sized to receive the central rod, an integrally formed step, and a threaded inner periphery defining a hole on the step for a screw to extend therethrough and clamp the central rod, and a plate having two slots each extending from a distal end toward a center portion of the plate and a channel perpendicular to an interconnection axis of the slots with a groove for receiving the clamping tube.
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Chen Po-quang
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