Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090105715 | BONE FIXATION TENSIONING TOOL AND METHOD - A tensioning tool and method for tensioning a conformable ligature of a bone fixing system are disclosed. The ends of a conformable ligature can be passed around bones, bone grafts, tendons, plates, rods, fasteners, or other anatomical or implanted structures, and the like to form a loop. Another portion of the conformable ligature can be coupled to a tensioning tool. The tensioning tool can include a first portion and a second portion in threaded engagement with each other. Rotation of one portion relative to the other can cause tensioning of the conformable ligature through translation of a tensioning member. | 04-23-2009 |
20120130373 | BONE FIXING SYSTEM - This disclosure provides a system for securing a bone to a rod, the system comprising a ligature, a body, and two fasteners. The ligature has two free ends and an intermediate portion therebetween, the intermediate portion being configured to engage a bone. A portion of a rod can be fastened to the body using one of the fasteners. The ligature can be fastened to the body using another one of the fasteners. The two fasteners are distinct from one another and are adapted to fasten two free end portions of the ligature to the body independently from fastening the portion of the rod to the body. | 05-24-2012 |
20120143207 | BONE FIXATION TENSIONING TOOL AND METHOD - A tensioning tool and method for tensioning a conformable ligature of a bone fixing system are disclosed. The ends of a conformable ligature can be passed around bones, bone grafts, tendons, plates, rods, fasteners, or other anatomical or implanted structures, and the like to form a loop. Another portion of the conformable ligature can be coupled to a tensioning tool. The tensioning tool can include a first portion and a second portion in threaded engagement with each other. Rotation of one portion relative to the other can cause tensioning of the conformable ligature through translation of a tensioning member. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143269 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - Embodiments disclosed herein provide a surgical instrument comprising an elongate member, a support for engaging a rod receiving element, and a connection between the elongate member and the support. This connection comprises a pivotal articulation, and the elongate member is connected to the support via the pivotal articulation so as to be able to pivot independently around at least two perpendicular axes. The elongate member is also longitudinally movable with respect to the support. The elongate member has, at a first end, a device for holding a rod. Embodiments disclosed herein also provide methods of using this surgical instrument. | 06-07-2012 |
20120239053 | BONE FIXATION TENSIONING TOOL AND METHOD - A tensioning tool and method for tensioning a conformable ligature of a bone fixing system are disclosed. The ends of a conformable ligature can be passed around bones, bone grafts, tendons, plates, rods, fasteners, or other anatomical or implanted structures, and the like to form a loop. Another portion of the conformable ligature can be coupled to a tensioning tool. The tensioning tool can include a first portion and a second portion in threaded engagement with each other. Rotation of one portion relative to the other can cause tensioning of the conformable ligature through translation of a tensioning member. | 09-20-2012 |
20120239054 | BONE FIXATION TENSIONING TOOL AND METHOD - A tensioning tool and method for tensioning a conformable ligature of a bone fixing system are disclosed. The ends of a conformable ligature can be passed around bones, bone grafts, tendons, plates, rods, fasteners, or other anatomical or implanted structures, and the like to form a loop. Another portion of the conformable ligature can be coupled to a tensioning tool. The tensioning tool can include a first portion and a second portion in threaded engagement with each other. Rotation of one portion relative to the other can cause tensioning of the conformable ligature through translation of a tensioning member. | 09-20-2012 |
20120303065 | BONE HOLDING DEVICE - A bone holding device comprising: at least one conformable elongated member ( | 11-29-2012 |
20130231704 | BONE ANCHOR - 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. | 09-05-2013 |
20130261668 | ROD HOLDING DEVICE - A rod holding device for binding a rod to an osseous structure. This rod holding device includes a holding body, an anchor member for anchoring the holding body to the osseous structure, a closure member for engagement with an engagement portion of the holding body, and a sleeve member with an opening for receiving the rod and a non-spherical outer contact surface for engagement with a complementary inner contact surface of the receiving portion and configured to be locked in a receiving portion of the holding body by engagement of the closure member with the engagement portion of the holding body, and to secure the rod within the opening. The rod holding device can thus be adapted to rods of various sizes by choosing a sleeve member with an opening of appropriate diameter. | 10-03-2013 |
20130274808 | ORTHOPAEDIC DEVICE AND METHODS FOR ITS PRE-ASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY - Orthopaedic devices including a connecting element suited for receiving at least part of a first rod, and a lock screw. The connecting element includes an anchor for securing the connecting element to a bone, in particular a vertebra, a first lateral opening, and a top opening with a first inner screw thread. The lock screw is received within the top opening and includes a proximal face presenting a screw drive, accessible from outside the connecting element, a distal end for locking the first rod within the connecting element, and wherein the lock screw is adapted to fit through the first lateral opening to be subsequently introduced into the top opening with the proximal face leading. | 10-17-2013 |
20130325070 | DEVICE FOR FIXING A BONY STRUCTURE TO A SUPPORT MEMBER - A device for fixing a bony structure to a support member. The device includes a main body with first and second members, the second member being movable in rotation with respect to the first member, around a first axis. A flexible member passes between the members and forms a loop around a bony structure. A clamping mechanism moves the first and second members into a clamping position. A support member and the flexible member are secured between the members in the clamping position. The first axis is movable in translation along a first direction and the second member is movable in translation along the first direction. The clamping mechanism cooperates with the first and second members to move the second member in translation in the first direction. | 12-05-2013 |