Vertebral osteosynthesis equipment
AssigneeMedicrea International
InventorJean-Luc Clement
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Abstract
Equipment at least one anchoring assembly including a hook integral with a body, this body being passed through by a hole and capable of being connected to connection means making it possible to connect the anchoring assembly to a connection bar for connecting a series of vertebrae. The anchoring assembly has a continuous flexible ligament able to be engaged in the hole and to form a loop allowing the engagement of the ligament around a structure of a vertebrae or mounted on a vertabrae, and has stop means making it possible to immobilize this ligament in relation to the body.
Claims13
A vertebral osteosynthesis equipment comprising:
- at least one anchoring assembly including a hook integral with a body, the body being passed through by a hole and capable of being connected to a connection means that connects the anchoring assembly to another part comprised by the equipment, in particular a connection bar that connects series of vertebrae, wherein
- the anchoring assembly has a continuous flexible ligament capable of engaging in said hole and forming a loop to allow the engagement of the ligament around a structure of a vertebrae or mounted on a vertabrae, and has a stop means to immobilize the ligament in relation to said body;
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- the stop means includes:
- an opening arranged in said body substantially perpendicular to an axis of said hole, and
- a tightening member capable of being engaged in the opening until the member bears against the ligament and is tightened in order to immobilize the ligament in the hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.