Device for setting a spline
CA 2116423 C · Owner: Howmedica Gmbh · Inventors: Robioneck, Bernd; Metz-Stavenhagen, Peter
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The present invention relates to a device for setting a spline having damaged vertebras, comprising an anchoring element including a shaft portion (16) to be attached to spaced vertebras the free end of said anchoring element including a slot (24) for receiving a distracting or respectively, compressing bar, (40), and a cap nut (42) to be screwed onto an outer thread (32) provided in theregion of the receiving slot to urge an axial fixing portion (44) towards the bar received in said receiving slot. The invention is defined in that receiving slot (24) is formed in a separate swivel head (20) including an inner end in the shape of a ball receiving portion (24) which has an aperture (28) …
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- Filed February 24, 1994 and granted November 17, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 24, 2014.
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