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Orthopedic surgical holding device

  • US 5,713,898 A
  • Filed: 01/29/1996
  • Issued: 02/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An orthopedic surgical holding device for a correcting rod, comprising:

  • a bone plate for fastening onto a bone, said bone plate defining a proximal side, a distal side and a center line;

    a receiver device mounted to said bone plate for receiving the correcting rod, said receiver device having a collar and a outer surface on its end; and

    a fixing device mounted to said receiver device for maintaining the correcting rod in said receiver device,wherein said bone plate includes a bearing which engages said receiver device such that said receiver device extends through said bearing from said proximal side beyond said distal side of said bone plate where it receives the correcting rod, such that said outer surface assumes a position that is one of a recessed position relative to said proximal side and a flush position relative to said proximal side, and such that said bone plate can be fixed to the bone independently of said receiver device.

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