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Vertebral compression clamp for surgical repair to damage to the spine

  • US 5,395,370 A
  • Filed: 10/16/1992
  • Issued: 03/07/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Medical technical compression implant for surgical repair of damage to the spine, comprising:

  • first and second vertebral clamp jaws, each with a hook-shaped portion sized to be applied over a vertebra and each with a cylindrical transverse bore;

    first and second threaded nuts, each of said threaded nuts being pivotably mounted in said cylindrical transverse bore of one of said first and second jaws to each form a cylindrical rotary body, said threaded nuts each having a diametrical threaded bore, extending radially with respect to said cylindrical transverse bore;

    a threaded spindle connecting said clamp jaws with hook-shaped portions facing each other, said threaded spindle having a wrench profile for attaching a rotating tool in an interlocking manner between a first threaded section and a second threaded section, said first threaded section having right hand threads and said second threaded section having left hand threads, said clamp jaws having walls surrounding said transverse bores with diametrical openings for passing through said threaded sections of said threaded spindle, said diametrical openings including an inner side opening formed as an elongated hole defining a pivot region for said threaded spindle.

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