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Patent No.:

US 6488682 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2001

Spinal implant, driver tool and nut guide

Applicant:
Inventors:

Shinichi Kikuchi, Fukushima, JP;

Shinichi Konno, Fukushima, JP;

Kazuya Oribe, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroshi Takamido, Nagoya, JP;

Noriyuki Ina, Toyohashi, JP;

Assignee:

Showa Ika Kohgyo Co., Ltd., Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:

Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Pedro Philogene

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/756 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/756 ;
Abstract

A spinal implant for an osteosynthesis device has a vertebral connecting rod for interconnecting adjacent vertebral bodies and comprises an implant body including a head section having a threaded portion, a rod retaining recess opening outward for retaining the connecting rod therein and a slanted engagement surface formed on a bottom wall of the rod retaining recess. The spinal implant further includes a nut member and a rod movement stabilizing device to preserve mobility to the connecting rod.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kikuchi, Shinichi. (2002). Spinal implant, driver tool and nut guide (U.S. Patent No. 6488682). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6488682

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