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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2001
Noriaki Kawakami, Aichi, JP;
Koji Sato, Aichi, JP;
Yukihiro Matsuyama, Aichi, JP;
Kazuya Oribe, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takamido, Nagoya, JP;
Showa Ika Kohgyo Co., Ltd., Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A vertebral connecting rod and a spinal osteosynthesis device are disclosed. The vertebral connecting rod which is adapted to be rigidly supported with a pair of spinal implants anchored to vertebral bodies such as thoracic vertebrae or lumbar vertebrae etc., has a pin-shaped section of which one distal end formed with a hook segment for hanging an interconnecting member A slip-out protective member is engageable with the hook segment In a preferred embodiment, the pin-shaped section has at its arbitrary position formed with an engagement convex segment adapted to engage with a corresponding engagement concave recess formed in the spinal implant