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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1998
Jean Taylor, Cannes, FR;
Bernard Villaret, Croix-Chapeau, FR;
Jean Taylor, Cannes, FR;
Bernard Villaret, Croix-Chapeau, FR;
Medicrea Technologies, La Rochelle, FR;
Abstract
A vertebral osteosynthesis device includes at least two bone anchoring elements () in the vertebral bone structures respectively (S, L), a longitudinal linking member () between the bone anchoring elements, and connector links () between the bone anchoring elements and said linking members. Each bone anchoring element includes a bond fixing part (), a head () to be gripped by a screwing device, a threaded shaft () extending the grip head, and a clamping element () to be screwed on said shaft to lock together the connector link, the longitudinal linking member and the corresponding bone anchoring element; the threaded shaft () is provided at its end with a hinge ball joint () in a housing () of the grip head (), enabling a multidirectional adjustment of the shaft () and a positioning of the connector link () adapted to the vertebral segment configuration (S, L, . . . Lw) receiving the bone anchoring elements.