Vertebral locking and retrieving system
OwnerChih-I Lininventor
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Abstract
A vertebral locking and retrieving system comprises at least one lock pin, a coupling component, a remedial component, and a plurality of locking components. The lock pin is composed of a threaded end portion and a receiving mount, which form therebetween a specified angle. The coupling component is connected at one end thereof to the receiving mount of the lock pin. The remedial component is secured at one end thereof to the deformed vertebra or to the upper vertebra or the lower vertebra immediately adjacent to the deformed vertebra and is connected at another end thereof to another end of the coupling component. The locking components are provided to fixedly fasten the lock pin and the remedial component with the coupling component.
Claims10
A vertebral locking and retrieving system for use in retrieving a deformed vertebra and maintaining the deformed vertebra in a normal, healthy position comprising:
- at least one locking pin having a threaded portion at one end thereof adapted to be secured to a normal, healthy vertebra and an integrally formed receiving mount at the other end thereof, said threaded portion defining a longitudinal axis, said receiving mount being formed at an acute angle of deflection relative to said axis;
- a remedial component adapted to be secured at one end thereof to one of a deformed vertebra located immediately adjacent to said normal, healthy vertebra or to a vertebra immediately adjacent to the deformed vertebra but different from said normal, healthy vertebra to which said at least one locking pin is secured;
- coupling means for interconnecting said at least one locking pin and said remedial component;
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- fastening means for fixedly securing said at least one locking pin and said remedial component to said coupling means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.