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US 2006/0149234 A1Published application
Variable offset connectors and bone fixation methods
AssigneeStryker Spine
InventorCedric de Coninck
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Abstract
A bone fixation assembly for use in spinal fixation surgery is disclosed. The bone fixation assembly has a rod receiving portion, a sliding component, a first locking element, and a second locking element. A method of fixing two vertebrae with respect to each other is also disclosed.
Claims20
A bone fixation assembly comprising:
- a rod receiving portion having a first opening for receiving a rod, and an elongate second opening for receiving a portion of a fixation element;
- a sliding component having a third opening for receiving a portion of the fixation element, and a channel for slidably receiving a portion of said rod receiving portion, the second and third openings being alignable so that the fixation element can be inserted therethrough, the channel allowing movement of said sliding component and the fixation element with respect to said rod receiving portion and the rod disposed in said first opening;
- a first locking element associated with said rod receiving portion to secure the rod in the first opening;
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- a second locking element associated with said sliding component to secure the fixation element in the second and third openings.
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A variable offset connector comprising:
- a rod receiving portion having a first channel adapted to receive a spinal rod and a second channel adapted to receive a portion of a fixation element, the fixation element being able to move in a direction towards and away from spinal rod;
- a first locking element associated with said rod receiving portion for selectively preventing movement of the spinal rod;
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- a second locking element associated with said rod receiving portion for selectively preventing movement of the fixation element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.