Fixing device
AssigneeZimmer Spine, Inc.
InventorsKarl Belliard, Gilles Larroque-Lahitette
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Abstract
A device for fixing a rod to an osseous structure. The device is configured to receive the rod with the main axis oriented in a first direction. The device includes a main body, a first fastening member directly connected to the main body and accessible from an outer surface of the main body for fastening the rod to the main body, and a second fastening member, also directly connected to the main body, offset with respect to the first fastening member in said first direction, and separately accessible from an outer surface of the main body for fastening to the main body. A flexible elongate member is provided to attach the main body to the osseous structure. The first and second fastening members are arranged so that the flexible elongate member can be fastened adjacent to the rod.
Claims20
A fixing device for fixing a rod to an osseous structure, the device comprising:
- a main body;
- a socket for receiving a rod with a rod longitudinal axis oriented in a first direction, the socket being solid with the main body;
- a first fastening member;
- and
- a second fastening member;
- wherein the first and second fastening members are sized for attachment to the main body;
- wherein the first fastening member is accessible from an outer surface of the main body and is arranged for fastening a rod received in the socket to the main body;
- wherein the main body comprises a channel for receiving a flexible member;
- the second fastening member being accessible from an outer surface of the main body and being arranged for fastening the flexible member received by the channel;
- wherein the first and second fastening members are operable independently from each other;
- wherein the first and second fastening members are offset with respect to each other in the first direction;
- and
- wherein the second fastening member, the channel for receiving a flexible member and the socket are arranged such that the flexible elongate member can be fastened adjacent to the rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.