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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2001
Keyvan Mazda, Paris, FR;
Régis Le Couedic, Bordeaux, FR;
Keyvan Mazda, Paris, FR;
Régis Le Couedic, Bordeaux, FR;
Abbott Spine, Bordeaux, FR;
Abstract
A fixing device adapted to connect a rod and a nearby spherically symmetrical screwhead, including a first longitudinal member () having a first surface () and a second surface (), a first end () of said first surface () being adapted to be pressed against said screwhead () and a middle part () of said second surface () being adapted to bear against a portion of said rod (), and a second longitudinal member () adapted to co-operate with said first longitudinal member (), whose first end () is adapted to be pressed, opposite a portion of said first end () of said first surface () of said first part (), against a second hemispherical part () of said screwhead () opposite the first () and whose middle portion () is adapted to bear against a portion () of a second part of said rod () opposite the first part.