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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2008
Ching-kong Chao, Danshuei Township, Taipei County, TW;
Wen-hsien Hsu, Taishan Township, Taipei County, TW;
Ching-chi Hsu, Jhudong Township, Hsinchu County, TW;
Hsi-ching Hsu, Jhongli, TW;
Yu-hsiang Tsai, Taipei, TW;
Ching-Kong Chao, Danshuei Township, Taipei County, TW;
Wen-Hsien Hsu, Taishan Township, Taipei County, TW;
Ching-Chi Hsu, Jhudong Township, Hsinchu County, TW;
Hsi-Ching Hsu, Jhongli, TW;
Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Taipei, TW;
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A vertebral fixation plate assembly for insertion into the resection site between two vertebrae of a patients vertebral column and fixation to front or lateral side of the two adjacent vertebral bodies above and below the resection site by means of surgical implantation is disclosed to include a fixation plate that has a plurality of round holes and elongated holes and an opening on the middle, a plurality of bone screws respectively inserted through the round holes and elongated holes for fastening the fixation plate to the patient's vertebral column, and a cage affixed to the opening on the fixation plate and holding holes cut through the periphery for bone fusion and grow. The cage is linked to a vertebral spacer for artificial vertebrae by means of bone fusion to prevent vertebral sinking or slipping of the vertebral spacer and to improve bone fusion efficiency.