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;
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 center panel generally conforming to a first plane and at least one side panel generally conforming to a second plane transverse to the first plane, the first plane and the second plane intersecting at an angle greater than 90 degrees, the at least one side panel and second plane being inclined toward the other of the first and second bearing elements, said at least one side panel being elastically deformable, and said center panel having a flat rectangular three-dimensional shape.
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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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41 Claims
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1. Surgical connecting element for fixing adjacently arranged bone plates, comprising:
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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 center panel generally conforming to a first plane and at least one side panel generally conforming to a second plane transverse to the first plane, the first plane and the second plane intersecting at an angle greater than 90 degrees, the at least one side panel and second plane being inclined toward the other of the first and second bearing elements, said at least one side panel being elastically deformable, and said center panel having a flat rectangular three-dimensional shape. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A surgical connecting element for fixing adjacently arranged bone plates, comprising:
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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 the first bearing element has a substantially flat center panel and at least one substantially flat side panel adjacent the center panel, said at least one side panel being elastically deformable to increase a clamping action between the first bearing element and the second bearing element, and said center panel having a flat rectangular three-dimensional shape.
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Specification