Surgical connecting element for fixing adjacently arranged bone plates
First Claim
1. Surgical connecting element for fixing adjacently arranged bone plates, comprising a first bearing element, a second bearing element and a coupling element for coupling the first and second bearing element to each other in such a way that bone plates lying between the first and second bearing element are fixable, wherein the second bearing element and the coupling element are so designed and adapted to each other that, by relative movement between the coupling element and the second bearing element transversely to a clamping direction, the bone plates are fixable between the first and the second bearing element.
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Abstract
In order to configure, in such a way as to be capable of being employed in a simple and secure manner and produced cost-effectively, a surgical connecting element for fixing adjacently arranged bone plates, comprising a first bearing element, a second bearing element and a coupling element, by means of which the first and second bearing element can be coupled to each other in such a way that bone plates lying between the first and second bearing element can be fixed, it is proposed that the second bearing element and the coupling element be so designed and adapted to each other that, by relative movement between the coupling element and the second bearing element transversely to a clamping direction, the bone plates are fixable between the first and the second bearing element.
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86 Claims
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1. Surgical connecting element for fixing adjacently arranged bone plates, comprising a first bearing element, a second bearing element and a coupling element for coupling the first and second bearing element to each other in such a way that bone plates lying between the first and second bearing element are fixable,
wherein the second bearing element and the coupling element are so designed and adapted to each other that, by relative movement between the coupling element and the second bearing element transversely to a clamping direction, the bone plates are fixable between the first and the second bearing element.
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66. Surgical connecting element for fixing adjacently arranged bone plates, comprising a first bearing element, a second bearing element and a coupling element for coupling the first and second bearing element to each other in such a way that bone plates lying between the first and second bearing element are fixable,
where the coupling element has at least one fixing recess, in which a corresponding coupling element of the second bearing element is engageable for coupling said second bearing element to the coupling element.
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69. Cranio-surgical connecting element for fixing adjacently arranged skullcap bone plates with a gap between the adjacently arranged skullcap bone plates, comprising:
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a first bearing element;
a second bearing element; and
a thread or a wire as coupling element for coupling the first and second bearing element to each other in such a way that skullcap bone plates lying between the first and second bearing element are fixable with the coupling element being fed through the gap between the skullcap bone plates; and
wherein the first bearing element is adapted to be placed under adjacently arranged skullcap bone plates and bearing on said skullcap bone plates and the second bearing element is adapted to be placed above the adjacently arranged skullcap bone plates and bearing on said skullcap bone plates. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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86. Method for fixing adjacently arranged skullcap bone plates with a gap between said skullcap bone plates, comprising:
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placing a first bearing element under the adjacently arranged skullcap bone plates;
feeding a thread or wire as coupling element for the first and second bearing element through the gap between the adjacently arranged skullcap bone plates;
placing a second bearing element above the adjacently arranged skullcap bone plates; and
exerting a tensile force on the coupling element to exert a clamping force for clamping the first bearing element and the second bearing element against the adjacently arranged bone plates.
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Specification