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US 9,308,029 B2Granted
Bone clamping system
AssigneeSpineart SA
InventorsJerome Levieux, Guillaume Amblard
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Abstract
A bone clamping system includes a shaft (3), a first plate (1) integrally attached to the shaft and a second, movable plate (20), wherein a locking leaf (22, 23), penetrating into the shaft (3) or not, locks the second plate (20) on the shaft (3).
Claims11
A bone-clamping system, comprising:
- a shaft with a smooth surface portion parallel to an axis of the shaft;
- a first plate attached to the shaft;
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- a second plate that is movable and comprises a unidirectional lock with flexible blades with end edges that slide across the smooth surface portion of the shaft when the first and second plates are urged together and that penetrate or bear against the smooth surface portion of the shaft when the first and second plates are urged apart to provide a continuous self-blocking system during a movement of the second plate toward the first plate to block the second plate on the shaft and prevent the first and second plates from moving away from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.