Anchors for vertebral body
AssigneeOrthoPediatrics Corp.
InventorsMatt Prygoski, Evangelos Tozakoglou
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Abstract
Implantable devices for dynamic interconnection between bones, and especially between vertebrae. Some devices include tethering heads that are independent of the bone connecting member (fastener, plate, hook, loop). The devices provide for various types of manipulation of a flexible connection such as a tether, such as by providing an aperture through which the flexible connection is passed and guided, or a post to which a loop of the flexible connection can be attached, or a groove in which a loop of the flexible connection can be placed.
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A member for tethered connection to a bone, comprising:
- a bone connecting member adapted and configured for connection with a bone;
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- a tethering head separate from said bone connecting member, said tethering head including a passageway being adapted and configured to accept therein a flexible tether, said tethering head having a bone contacting surface;
- said tethering head being adapted and configured for coupling to said bone connecting member;
- wherein connection of said bone connecting member to a bone places the bone contacting surface in contact with said bone.
A member for tethered connection to a bone, comprising:
- a bone connecting member adapted and configured for connection with a bone;
- a tethering head separate from said bone connecting member, said tethering head having a top surface and including a passageway on the top surface, the passageway being adapted and configured to accept therein a flexible tether, each said passageway having an entrance and an exit, the passageway being accessible from the top of said tethering head;
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- a cover adapted and configured to cover the top surface and the passageway
A member for tethered connection to a bone, comprising:
- a bone connecting member adapted and configured for connection with a bone;
- a tethering head attached to said bone connecting member, said tethering head including a through passageway extending across said tethering head;
- said passageway being adapted and configured to accept therein a flexible tether, each said passageway having an entrance and an exit, said tethering head including a slot extending across the top surface of said tethering head, the slot providing through access to said passageway, said tethering head having internal threads;
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- a threaded member adapted and configured to be threadably received within the internal threads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.