Pedicle screw with a closure device for securing a rod for stabilization of the vertebral column

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8221469
APP PUB NO 20090171401A1
SERIAL NO

12318326

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A pedicle screw with a closure device for securing a rod for stabilization of the vertebral column comprises a screw-in part with a head part, a U-shaped recess in the head part., in which recess the rod is held by the closure device. The closure device comprises a yoke-shaped locking element, which has a collar with a projection on each of the two opposite end regions. One groove is provided on each of the two arms in such a way that the locking element is rotatably placed on the arms. The projections are inserted in the grooves to achieve locking position. A tension screw is screwed into the locking element and rotatably connected to a tension element inserted between the arms, and, in the locked state of the locking element, is able to be tensioned, by means of the tension screw, against the rod inserted in the recess.

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SPINELAB AGBAHNHOFSTRASSE 21 ZUG 6304

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Braunschweiler, Reto Neftenbach, CH 18 1739
Zehnder, Thomas Bäch, CH 17 353

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