Bonesetting connecting member
OwnerYutaka Nohara, Kazuya Oribe +1inventors
InventorsYutaka Nohara, Kazuya Oribe, Hiroshi Takamido
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Abstract
A bonesetting connecting member (1, 17, 19, 21) having an end area supported by a bonesetting tool (5) appropriately mounted to a vertebra (3), thereby connecting the vertebra (3), comprises a polygonal tool engaging portion (11) provided on a body of the bonesetting connecting member (1, 17, 19, 21), and a tool restricting portion (13) for preventing a tool from moving toward opposite sides of the tool engaging portion (11).
Claims8
A bonesetting connecting member having an end area supported by a bonesetting tool appropriately mounted to a vertebra, thereby connecting the vertebra, comprising a polygonal tool engaging portion provided on a body of the bonesetting connecting member, and a tool restricting portion for preventing a tool from moving toward opposite sides of the tool engaging portion.
A bonesetting apparatus comprising a pair of implants threadedly embedded in a vertebral body, rods engaging with said implants, and screws for fixing said implants and said rods, wherein each of said rods is formed with a polygonal tool engaging portion, and said tool engaging portion is provided at its opposite sides with tool restricting portions for preventing the tool from moving.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.