Implant for correction of the humain spinal column

Abstract

Abstract An implant for the correction of the human spinal column has pedicle screws (14) to be screwed into vertebral bodies, having a pair of bars (20) which can be connected intersectingly to the heads (16) of each pair of pedicle screws, and having a pair of elongate, adjacently arranged elements (10, 12) which can likewise be connected to the pedicle screws, the heads of the pedicle screws having an open slit (18) for receiving the bars which can be tensioned therein by means of fixing means (22, 24), plate-shaped elongate elements being provided which possess holes through which pedicle screws are guided, at least one hole (28, 30) being designed as a slot, and the pedicle screws having a shoulder (50) in the upper region which can be brought into contact with the facing side of the plate-shaped elements. <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Kord Dr. Med. Westermann

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