Vertebral connecting rod and spinal osteosynthesis device using the same

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PATENT NO 6582434
APP PUB NO 20020193793A1
SERIAL NO

09880072

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A vertebral connecting rod and a spinal osteosynthesis device are disclosed. The vertebral connecting rod 1, which is adapted to be rigidly supported with a pair of spinal implants 5, 5 anchored to vertebral bodies 3, 3 such as thoracic vertebrae or lumbar vertebrae etc., has a pin-shaped section 7 of which one distal end formed with a hook segment 11 for hanging an interconnecting member 9. A slip-out protective member 19 is engageable with the hook segment 11. In a preferred embodiment, the pin-shaped section has at its arbitrary position formed with an engagement convex segment 27 adapted to engage with a corresponding engagement concave recess formed in the spinal implant 5.

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SHOWA IKA KOHGYO CO LTD1-1 HONGO MEITO-KU NAGOYA-SHI AICHI-KEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kawakami, Noriaki Aichi, JP 7 111
Matsuyama, Yukihiro Aichi, JP 8 82
Oribe, Kazuya Tokyo, JP 31 2682
Sato, Koji Aichi, JP 457 4129
Takamido, Hiroshi Nagoya, JP 21 2095

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