Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1989-02-08
1992-01-28
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 60, 606 73, 128 69, A61F 504
Patent
active
050840495
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus comprising a pair of corrective devices for a spinal column. A member is extendable between the corrective devices in a direction transverse to the longitudinal central axes of the corrective devices. A first portion of the member is connected with one of the corrective devices and a second portion of the member is connected with the other of the corrective devices. The locations at which the corrective devices are connected with the member may be changed to enable the member to interconnect the corrective devices spaced different distances apart and at different orientations.
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Asher Marc
Carson William
Heinig Charles
Strippgen Walter E.
AcroMed Corporation
Apley Richard J.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
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