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AssigneeAesculap AG
InventorsRolando GARCIA, Alexander Hass, Jens Beger, Susanne Klingseis, Robert Schultz, Claudia Vollmer, Wolfgang Daiber, Roland Hoegerle, Christian Praedel, Johannes Wimber
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A surgical fixation system for stabilizing spinous processes of adjacent vertebral bodies relative to one another comprising at least one first fixing element and at least one second fixing element, which can be transferred relative to one another from an insertion position into an implantation position, wherein the fixing elements in the implantation position have a smaller spacing from one another than in the insertion position and in which implantation position the fixing elements are engageable laterally from different sides with at least one of the spinous processes in each case, and comprising a securing device for securing the fixing elements relative to one another in the implantation position and comprising at least one spacer element, which can be fixed by the fixing elements in the implantation position thereof in the intervertebral space between the spinous processes.
A surgical fixation system for stabilizing spinous processes of adjacent vertebral bodies relative to one another, comprising at least one first fixing element and at least one second fixing element, which are transferable relative to one another from an insertion position into an implantation position, wherein the fixing elements in the implantation position have a smaller spacing from one another than in the insertion position and in which implantation position the fixing elements are engageable laterally from different sides with at least one of the spinous processes in each case, and comprising a securing device for securing the fixing elements relative to one another in the implantation position and comprising at least one spacer element, which is fixable by the fixing elements in the implantation position thereof in the intervertebral space between the spinous processes.
A method for stabilizing spinous processes of adjacent vertebral bodies relative to one another, in which a sternal closure device described in the document DE 103 26 690 B4 or a fixing device described in the document DE 10 2006 021 025 B3 is used to stabilize the spinous processes, with at least one spacer element being positioned between two fixing elements of the fixing system in the intervertebral space between the spinous processes.
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