DEVICE FOR CORRECTING AND FIXING THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medical engineering.

SUBSTANCE: device has supporting frame and threaded rods mounted thereon to enable their transpedicular introduction into displaced vertebra body to take place with triangular structure being formed which apex is directed towards vertebral body. The supporting frame has screws introduced in transpedicular way into vertebral bodies adjacent to the displaced one, and connective bars building rigid structure by means of crossbars. The device has additional removable reposition frame resting upon the connective bars and joined to the threaded rods by means of transverse beam serving as triangular rigid structure base movable relative to the supporting frame. The screws and threaded rods have two threaded parts separated with spherical head, one of which is used for being introduced into bone tissue, and the other one is used for making connection to the connective bars. The connection is made as detachable floating fixing members having concave spherical surface for receiving rod and screw heads with variable connection angle. The detachable floating fixing members of the threaded rods have slots for receiving fingers connecting the threaded rods to the supporting frame allowing variable connection distances from the connective bars.

EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment.

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