Sacral fixation device
CA 1310236 C · Owner: Edwards, Charles C. · Inventors: Edwards, Charles C.
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This invention provides a sacral fixation screw comprising a housing having an aperture in the top surface thereof for engaging a driving device and an opening extending laterally through the housing, the opening having top and bottom walls which may be double beveled to provide a smaller opening at the center of the housing and a threaded shank extending perpendicularly from the side of the housing opposite to the surface having the aperture therein. The present invention further provides a sacral fixation device comprising the abovementioned screw and a hook. A method for applying a spinal rod to a patient's sacral is also disclosed.
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- Granted November 17, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 17, 2009.
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