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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1997
Hideo Shitoto, Tokyo, JP;
Robert Reid Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The bone-fixing devices which are designed to allow for a freer assembly of the parts which are mounted to maintain plurality of bones in a specified position relationship, and also call for only one or two parts to be tightened to assemble all parts into the whole system. A pedicle 10 to be implanted into a bone is connected by using a connector 20 with a shaft 30 that serves as a reference to position the bones. In order to ensure that the pedicle 10 is connected with the fixture 20, a shaft 12 is supported in a fork 21 formed at the end of the fixture 20, said short shaft 12 is fitted into a concave 11 formed at the head of the pedicle 10, and said short shaft 12 is fixed at the head of the pedicle with a retaining screw 13 so that the fixture 20 is mounted rotatably about the short shaft with reference to the pedicle 10.