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US 2015/0173799 A1Published application
Elastic rod having different degrees of stiffness for the surgical treatment of the spine
AssigneeSpinesave AG
InventorsStefan Freudiger, Rolf Diener
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Abstract
For a differentiated treatment of individual motion segments of the spine, a plastic rod (41, 42, 46) for the dynamic stabilization of the spine has different degrees of stiffness in its longitudinal direction. The different rod segments are interconnected along an oblique plane (13).
Claims10
Plastic connecting rod for the surgical treatment of the spine, comprising at least two rod segments having different properties, wherein the rod segments are interconnected along a respective plane 14 oblique with respect to a longitudinal axis of the rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.