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Surgical connecting element for fixing adjacently arranged bone plates

  • US 20080172097A1
  • Filed: 10/30/2007
  • Published: 07/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Surgical connecting element for fixing adjacently arranged bone plates, comprising:

  • a first bearing element;

    a second bearing element;

    wherein the second bearing element has at least one holding tongue; 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 coupling element has at least one fixing opening, in which the corresponding holding tongue of the second bearing element is engageable; and

    wherein at least one of the first and second bearing elements has a raised edge region for producing a tensile stress in the clamping direction, said raised edge region being elastically deformable.

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