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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2005
Ulrich Kramer, Tuttlingen, DE;
Joerg Schumacher, Tuttlingen, DE;
Michael Potulski, Ohlstadt, DE;
Rudolf Beisse, Seehausen, DE;
Jeffrey Alan Kozak, Houston, TX (US);
Ulrich Kramer, Tuttlingen, DE;
Joerg Schumacher, Tuttlingen, DE;
Michael Potulski, Ohlstadt, DE;
Rudolf Beisse, Seehausen, DE;
Jeffrey Alan Kozak, Houston, TX (US);
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an orthopedic fixation device for securing a rod-like fixation element, with two clamping jaws which can be moved relative to one another and which, when brought together, clamp the fixation element between them. In order to permit space-saving configurations of a fixation device that can be introduced and operated through small orifices in the body, a cam body is provided which is mounted on the fixation device so as to be able to rotate next to the clamping jaws in the direction of tightening and which, when rotated, pushes one clamping jaw toward the other.