Orthopedic fixation device

• US 20060004359A1
• Filed: 02/28/2005
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aesculap AG (Lonza Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Aesculap AG (Lonza Group AG)
• Inventors: Schumacher, Joerg, Kozak, Jeffrey Alan, Kramer, Ulrich, Potulski, Michael, Beisse, Rudolf
• Granted Patent: US 7,799,059 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/7035 Screws or hooks, wherein a rod-clamping part and a bone-anchoring part can pivot relative to each other
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/7041 with single longitudinal rod offset laterally from single row of screws or hooks A61B17/7044 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to an orthopedic fixation device with an at least partly shaft-like fixation member, a shaft-like mounting body, and a transverse support securing the fixation member and the mounting body in a position in which they are laterally offset from one another. In order to adjust the transverse support without having to change the position of the fixation member, the fixation member can be rotated about its longitudinal axis in the transverse support and can be secured in a defined angular position.

Claims

1. Orthopedic fixation device, comprising:

a fixation member, said fixation member being at least partly shaft-like;

a shaft-like mounting body;

a transverse support securing the fixation member and the mounting body in a position in which they are laterally offset from one another, said transverse support being rotatable about a longitudinal axis of said fixation member; and

a clamp piece movable in said transverse support against the fixation member and adapted for clamping of the transverse support in a defined angular position relative to the fixation member.

2. Device according to claim 1, wherien, in order to move the clamp piece in the transverse support, a tensioning member is mounted so that it engages against the clamp piece and is rotatable about a rotation axis.

3. Device according to claim 2, wherein the rotation axis of the tensioning member is perpendicular to the plane of the transverse support.

4. Device according to claim 3, wherein the rotation axis of the tensioning member extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fixation member.

5. Device according to claim 2, wherein the transverse support has an oblong hole in which the fixation member, the clamp piece, and the tensioning member are accommodated.

6. Device according to claim 2, wherein the rotation axis of the tensioning member and the longitudinal axis of the mounting body coincide.

7. Device according to claim 6, wherein the mounting body is a sleeve which is fixedly connected to the transverse support and through which a tool can be inserted for rotating the tensioning member.

8. Device according to claim 7, wherein the mounting body has seats for a stabilizing tool.

9. Device according to claim 7, wherein the tensioning member is disposed on a ring which is rotatable in the transverse support and which is located at a transverse support end of the mounting body.

10. Device according to claim 8, wherein the tensioning member is disposed on a ring which is rotatable in the transverse support and which is located at the transverse support end of the mounting body.

11. Device according to claim 7, wherein the tensioning member is disposed on a core which is mounted rotatably in the mounting body and which, at least along part of its length, extends inside the mounting body.

12. Device according to claim 8, wherein the tensioning member is disposed on a core which is mounted rotatably in the mounting body and which, at least along part of its length, extends inside the mounting body.

13. Device according to claim 7, wherein the mounting body is rotatable about its longitudinal axis in the transverse support and itself carries the tensioning member.

14. Device according to claim 2, wherein the tensioning member is secured in the axial direction in the transverse support.

15. Device according to claim 2, wherein the tensioning member has a cam which is disposed eccentrically with respect to its rotation axis and engages against the clamp piece.

16. Device according to claim 2, wherein the tensioning member has an inclined path curve engaging against the clamp piece.

17. Device according to claim 16, wherein, when the axially immovable tensioning member is rotated parallel to the rotation axis, the path curve pushes the clamp piece against the fixation member and thereby clamps the fixation member.

18. Device according to claim 17, wherein the fixation member has a widening shaft, against which the clamp piece engages, and is mounted so as to be axially immovable and freely rotatable in the transverse support.

19. Device according to claim 1, wherein:

the fixation member is connected pivotably to the transverse support via a spherical connection, and

the clamp piece is, at the time of fixing, movable in the direction of a spherical bearing surface of the fixation member.

20. Device according to claim 1, wherein the fixation member is a bone screw.

21. Device according to claim 1, wherein the fixation member is a hook.