Device for mechanically connecting and assisting vertebrae with

Details Device for mechanically connecting and assisting vertebrae with Device for mechanically connecting and assisting vertebrae with

1997-07-25

1999-10-05

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 60, 606 62, 606 72, 623 17, 623 19, A61B 1756

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active

059615168

ABSTRACT:
A device for mechanically connecting and assisting vertebrae with respect to one another which includes at least one securing device cooperating with a ball joint adapted to be connect to a vertebra and a compressible body maintained along an axis of the securing device. The securing device includes two end bodies which retain a ball joint and the compressible element therebetween. At least one of the two end bodies is formed as a cup which is adapted to cover a portion of the ball joint and the end bodies are connected together by a connecting element disposed around the compressible member and over the cup of at least one of the two end bodies such that the connecting element is adapted to move over an outer surface of the cup.

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