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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
May. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Zimmer Spine, Bordeaux, FR;
Inventor:
Gilles Larroque-Lahitette, Lagor, FR;
Assignee:
Zimmer Spine, Bordeaux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7047 (2013.01); A61B 17/7056 (2013.01); A61B 17/7035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bone anchor including a first fastening system for fastening a support member to the anchor, and a second fastening system for fastening the anchor to a bone. The second fastening system includes first and second clamping jaws defining between them a slot for receiving a bony part of the bone. The second jaw is movable relative to the first jaw so as to clamp the bony part between the first and second jaws. A locking mechanism is provided for maintaining the second jaw in a fixed clamping position with respect to the first jaw.