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US 12,502,209 B2Granted
Spine fixing device
AssigneesKyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, INSPINE Co., Ltd.
InventorKyoung-Tae Kim
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Abstract
Provided is a spine fixing device including: a base plate; a cage configured to be coupled to the base plate; a first wing plate configured to be coupled to an upper portion of a composite body of the base plate and the cage; and a second wing plate configured to be coupled to a lower portion of the composite body of the base plate and the cage.
Claims10
A spine fixing device comprising:
- a composite body having:
- a base plate;
- and
- a cage configured to be coupled to the base plate;
- a first wing plate configured to be coupled to a first portion of the composite body;
- a second wing plate configured to be coupled to a second portion of the composite body;
- and
- a cover including a first cover and a second cover, respectively coupled to each of the first and second wing plates at a position opposite to the cage with respect to the base plate,
- the first cover having a plurality of first protruding pieces corresponding to a plurality of first screw holes defined on the first wing plate and a central screw hole defined on a center of the base plate, and the second cover having a plurality of second protruding pieces corresponding to a plurality of second screw holes defined on the second wing plate and the central screw hole,
- wherein the first cover is configured to rotate about a first shaft coupled to the first wing plate and position the plurality of first protruding pieces to simultaneously cover the plurality of first screw holes and at least a part of the central screw hole, and the second cover is configured to rotate about a second shaft coupled to the second wing plate and position the plurality of second protruding pieces to simultaneously cover the plurality of second screw holes and at least a part of the central screw hole.
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