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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2004
Bret O. Baynham, Jupiter, FL (US);
G. Clay Baynham, Jupiter, FL (US);
Matthew G. Baynham, Jupiter, FL (US);
David R. Campbell, Jupiter, FL (US);
Bret O. Baynham, Jupiter, FL (US);
G. Clay Baynham, Jupiter, FL (US);
Matthew G. Baynham, Jupiter, FL (US);
David R. Campbell, Jupiter, FL (US);
Atlas Spine, Inc., Jupiter, FL (US);
Abstract
A cross link system provides stability to spinal rods by maintaining a set distance between the rods. The cross link has a bar with connectors on each end formed with grooves that engage each of the spinal rods. Each of the connectors has a cam that can be manipulated to obstruct the groove and provide a friction fit between the spinal rod and the cross link. The cams have locking nuts that prevent disengagement of the cam and rod. The bar has two shafts interconnected by a bifurcated pin with upstanding ends, a piston is located between the upstanding ends and diverts shear forces along the longitudinal axis of the bar.