Clamping device for vertebral locking rod

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5380326
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08151016

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A clamping device for a vertebral locking rod includes an outer clamping member and an inner clamping member. The outer clamping member has a U-shaped clamping mount provided respectively in both inner sides thereof with a fitting member, with at least one of the two inner sides having a retainer. The inner clamping member has an arcuate fastening mount and a fastening block provided respectively in both outer sides thereof with a fitting member engageable with the fitting member of the outer clamping member. The arcuate fastening mount and the U-shaped clamping mount are joined together to form a retaining hole to hold therein a vertebral locking rod. The fastening block is provided in at least one of the two outer sides thereof with a retainer engageable with the retainer of the U-shaped clamping mount of the outer clamping member so as to prevent the fastening block from sliding in the U-shaped clamping mount.

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HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP325 CORPORATE DRIVE MAHWAH NJ 07430

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Lin, Chih-I 513 S. Golden Pardos Dr., Diamond Bar, CA 10765 69 9477

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