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US 2010/0160970 A1Published application
Anchoring device for posteriorly attaching adjacent verterbrae
AssigneeLers Surgical, LLC
InventorLionel C. Sevrain
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Abstract
An anchoring device for attaching an upper vertebra adjacent to a lower vertebra comprises a clamp having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, adapted to be positioned around upper and lower lateral masses of the adjacent vertebrae, and a fastener which in an installed position engages opposite ends of the clamp and which engages adjacent vertebrae thereby attaching the adjacent vertebrae together.
Claims13
An anchoring device for attaching an upper vertebra adjacent to a lower vertebra comprising, in combination:
- a clamp having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, adapted to be positioned around upper and lower lateral masses of the adjacent vertebrae;
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- a fastener which in an installed position engages opposite ends of the clamp and which engages adjacent vertebrae thereby attaching the adjacent vertebrae together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.