Patent ID: 7131972
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A vertebral fixing device suitable for being mounted on a vertebra of the spine, said vertebra presenting a posterior wall from which there projects a spinous process and two side walls from which there project ribs and/or transverse processes, said device comprising: a transverse part consisting of a single piece of elongate shape having a plane of symmetry intersecting said elongate transverse part orthogonally and two opposite end portions that are substantially symmetrical to each other about said symmetry plane, each end portion presenting a first main face, a second main face, and an end edge face, said transverse part being suitable for being placed against said posterior wall of said vertebra substantially perpendicularly to the axis AR of said spine, each of the first main faces of said end portions being situated facing a rib and/or a transverse process; at least two adjustable connection elements forming clamps, suitable for being connected respectively to each of said two end portions, each adjustable connection element having an elongate portion extending substantially perpendicularly to a length of the transverse part and facing said first main face of an end portion when said adjustable connection element is connected to said transverse part, wherein the rib and/or transverse process can be fixed between said first main face of the end portion and said elongate portion of one of said adjustable connection elements; and anchor means mounted on the second main face of each of said end portions of said transverse part on which a rod fixing system is suitable for being mounted.