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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
May. 14, 1999
Jean-François Elberg, Paris, FR;
Stryker France S.A., , FR;
Abstract
The osteosynthesis system has two anchor members (,) adapted to be fixed to two vertebrae (,), and a link member (,) adapted to interconnect the anchor members and to exert stresses against the two anchor members moving towards each other in translation. The link member (,) is elastically deformable in bending about a deformation axis (,). It has two fixing portions (,) adapted to be fixed to the two anchor members (,) and an intermediate portion (,). The intermediate portion is offset from an alignment axis (,) of the two fixing portions (,). The link member (,) has two abutments (,) disposed so as to come into abutment against each other when the link member is deformed about the axis.