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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8048112 | Rod fixing apparatus for vertebra connecting member The fixing apparatus includes a pressure fixing device to pressure fix a rod to a circular arc rod engagement portion, and small protruding portions that bite into the rod and have an acute angle in both end sides of the rod engagement portion outside of the pressur... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7909835 | Auxiliary instrument for fixing rod An auxiliary instrument for fixing a rod places a detent pin on a head portion of the screw. The auxiliary instrument comprises an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder, a first lever and a second lever. The inner cylinder has a plurality of claw portions and an opening... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7569070 | Rod connector A rod connector is provided with a rod supporting portion in a part of a connector main body supported to a leading end of a shank portion. A rod pressing portion is provided in a side opposing to the rod supporting portion, and a rod is clamped and fixed by the rod... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7530991 | Vertebral body distance retainer A vertebral body distance retainer comprises a retainer member including engaging portions to be engaged with a pair of rods provided on a plurality of adjacent vertebral bodies and abutting portions capable of freely abutting on spinous processes of the adjacent ve... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7135043 | Intervertebral cage An intervertebral cage of the present invention includes main body defined by an upper surface, a lower surface, and a pair of side surfaces. A withdrawal prevention portion is provided on the upper and/or the lower surfaces of the main body and asymmetrically with ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6932822 | Spinal implant, driver tool and nut guide A driver tool for a spinal implant having an implant body and an anchoring screw portion, and a nut member screwed onto a head portion of the implant body and having an upper wall formed with a tool engagement groov. The driver tool includes an elongated shaft, and ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6802845 | Implant for bone connector An implant for bone connector includes a fixing clamp, an implant body, a connecting portion and a movable clamp. The fixing clamp has a curved shape and supports a vertebral arch of a vertebra by grasping the vertebral arch. The implant body is provided on an upper... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6620164 | Rod for cervical vertebra and connecting system thereof Connector connecting an implant to a bone connecting rod. The connector includes a first fastening member provided with an engagement hole freely engaging with a head portion of the implant anchored to the vertebral bodies and a fastening groove. A second... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6488682 | Spinal implant, driver tool and nut guide A spinal implant for an osteosynthesis device has a vertebral connecting rod for interconnecting adjacent vertebral bodies and comprises an implant body including a head section having a threaded portion, a rod retaining recess opening outward for retaini... | 12/03/2002 |
