Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1998-04-24
1999-03-09
Tucker, Guy V.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
A61B 1770
Patent
active
058793518
ABSTRACT:
The device comprises at least one vertebral rod (2), pedicle screws (3), and connectors (1) interconnecting the rod and the screws. The connectors (1, 10) define an oblong opening (5) extending transversely of the rod and passed through by the screw. The intermediate connectors (1) are made of a malleable plastically deformable material having a capacity of elongation of at least about 20%. The intermediate anchorages of the instrumentation are provided with such connectors (1) which are plastically deformable in their branches (4) passed through by the screw by the effect of the tightening of nuts (8) on the screws when placing the device in position and undeformable by the effect of the bending moments transmitted by the spine in vivo at values lower than 4.5 N.m. The chosen material may be for example pure titanium and its plasticity enables the surgeons to easily adapt the connectors to the differences of alignment, angulation and depth of penetration of the pedicle screws. The connector according to the invention considerably facilitates the mounting of the instrumentations by the surgeon.
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