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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Stefan Freudiger, Bremgarten, CH;
Rolf Diener, Winkel, CH;
Inventors:
Stefan Freudiger, Bremgarten, CH;
Rolf Diener, Winkel, CH;
Assignee:
SPINESAVE AG, , CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7001 (2013.01); A61B 17/701 (2013.01); A61B 17/7004 (2013.01); A61B 17/7011 (2013.01); A61B 17/7026 (2013.01); A61B 17/7031 (2013.01); A61B 17/7032 (2013.01); A61B 17/7034 (2013.01);
Abstract
A connection element () for stabilizing vertebral bodies that has a variable stiffness along its longitudinal axis in that particularly the cross-section of the connecting element varies along its longitudinal axis and extends over a plurality of bone screws (). In spite of the varying cross-section (h, h), in a preferred embodiment, the same bone screws () may be used in all locations by inserting clamping elements () of different lengths.