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US 6,277,120 B1Granted
Cable-anchor system for spinal fixation
OwnerKevin Jon Lawsoninventor
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Abstract
A spinal-fixation system comprises a dual parallel bridging that runs along a posterior length of the spine and is anchored with cables looped through a dorsal corner of the spinal canals of respective adjacent vertebrae.
Claims11
A spinal-fixation system, comprising:
- a trans-vertebral bridging for spanning at least two vertebrae longitudinal to a human spine;
- a series of anchor holes disposed along a length of the bridging;
- and
- a plurality of cables individually looped around said at least two vertebrae and terminated in respective ones of the series of anchor holes;
- wherein, a system for immobilizing said spine is provided.
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A spinal-fixation system, comprising:
- a smooth rod for spanning at least two vertebrae longitudinal to a human spine and including no holes;
- a plurality of cable anchors disposed along a length of the smooth rod, and configured to be able to slip along the length of the smooth rod, and further including a number of anchor-cable holes;
- a plurality of cables provided for looping around said at least two vertebrae and terminated in respective ones of said number of anchor-cable holes;
- a locking fastener for fixing each of the plurality of cable anchors to the smooth rod;
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- a number of connectors respectively disposed to secure each of the plurality of cables to corresponding ones of the plurality of cable anchors;
- wherein, the system provides for an immobilization of said at least two vertebrae.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.