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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2004
Applicant:
Chih-i Lin, Taipei, TW;
Inventor:
Chih-I Lin, Taipei, TW;
Assignees:
A-Spine Holding Group Corp., Tortola, VG;
A-Spine Asia Co., Ltd., Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B017/70 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vertebral retrieval device includes a retrieval rod which is gripped firmly in a receiving slot of a fixation seat between two grooves of a pressing element and a C-shaped ring. The C-shaped ring rests on a spherical head fastening screw, a spherical head of which is received in the fixation seat and a shank of which is protruding from a through hole provided in a bottom of the fixation seat. The pressing element is pressed against the retrieval rod by a pressing screw, which is threaded into a threaded hole formed in a fixation element mounted in the receiving slot of the fixation seat.