spontech spine intelligence group AG Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140088650 | Polyaxial Connector for Spinal Fixation Systems - A polyaxial connector for spinal fixation systems has a lateral connector element having a first receptacle for a polyaxial connection to a spherical head of a pedicle screw and a second receptacle for a polyaxial connection to a spherical head of tulip that is configured to receive a connection rod clamped in the tulip by a locking element. A clamping piece is mounted in longitudinally-movable manner in the connector element between the receptacles. If the locking element is tightened, a pressure ram received in the tulip exerts a clamping force on the pedicle screw head, thereby fixing the connector element to the pedicle screw. | 03-27-2014 |
20130131486 | COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SPINE MOBILITY SIMULATION AND SPINE SIMULATION METHOD - A computer program for spine mobility simulation is configured, if running on a computer, to cause the computer to perform the following steps: a) accessing bio-metric data which relate to the spine of a patient, the spine having at least one compromised spine segment; b) displaying a model of the spine of the patient comprising a plurality of vertebrae; c) enabling a user to change the position of at least one of the vertebrae of the spine model; d) computing the effects of the position change on the remaining vertebrae; e) displaying the spine model in a new configuration, thereby taking into account the position changed by the user in step c) and the position changes of the remaining vertebrae computed in step d). | 05-23-2013 |
20120221055 | Spine Fixation System - A spine fixation system ( | 08-30-2012 |
20120221053 | Spine Fixation System - A spine fixation system ( | 08-30-2012 |
20120197263 | Instrument Set for Screwing an Implant Into an Intervertebral Disc Space - An instrument set for screwing an implant into an intervertebral disc space comprises a guide sleeve and a screwing-in instrument. The latter has a shank having a distal end at which the implant can be fixed in a rotationally rigid manner. At the proximal end a rotary handle is fastened in a rotationally rigid manner. The screwing-in instrument further has a residual-advance indicator, which is configured to quantitatively indicate to the surgeon, during the screwing-in procedure, how far the implant is distant in the axial direction from an axial specified position that is fixed relative to the location at which the guide sleeve is supported on the vertebrae. | 08-02-2012 |
20120165948 | Intervertebral Disc Prosthesis Manufacturing Method - A method of manufacturing an intervertebral disc prosthesis for insertion into an intervertebral disc compartment between two vertebra includes: a) biometrically determining the shape of a first dome formed within an apophyseal ring of the first vertebra; and b) providing a first constituent element which is provided on one side with a first joint member and has on the other side a first abutment face which abuts against the first vertebra when the intervertebral disc prosthesis is inserted into the intervertebral disc compartment. The first abutment face has a shape that has no rotational symmetry and that has a vertex configured such that the first constituent element can rotate within the first dome by at least 10° when the vertex of the first abutment face contacts a vertex of the dome. | 06-28-2012 |