Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1996-02-23
1997-03-04
Tucker, Guy V.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 69, 606 70, 606 73, A61B 1770
Patent
active
056074263
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a polyaxial locking screw plate assembly for immobilization of vertebral bones, via fixation to surfaces thereof. The invention includes a plate, having an upper portion and a lower portion, each of which has a pair of holes having a threaded upper portion and a tapered lower portion. Coupling elements, including slideably joined socket and cap portions, are mounted about the semi-spherical heads of bone screws, which are screwed through the holes in the plate and into the bone. The heads of the screws are polyaxially mounted in the socket portions and as such may be inserted into the bone at a variety of angles. The socket portions of the coupling elements have slots in them which permit crush locking of the heads of the screws once the sockets seat and are forceably driven into the tapered portions of the corresponding holes. The cap portions are threaded so they may be advanced into the upper portions of the corresponding holes, thereby further locking the coupling elements into the holes, and applying an additional driving force against the corresponding socket portions to crush lock the screw heads at the selected angle relative to the plate.
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Ralph James D.
Tatar Steve
Errico Joseph P.
Fastenletix, L.L.C.
Tucker Guy V.
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