Patent ID: 6197028
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A sacral plate for use in a sacral implant system comprising:a plate having a posterior surface and an anterior surface, said anterior surface being configured to be positioned against the posterior surface of the sacrum adjacent the lumbosacral junction, said sacral plate having means for attaching to a fixation rod, said sacral plate also having a pedicle and oblique mounting means for rigidly fixing said sacral plate to said sacrum at a location lateral from the sagittal plane, each of said pedicle and oblique mounting means including a cylindrical bore, the cylindrical bore of said pedicle mounting means having an axis that extends in a medical and anterior direction relative to the sacral plane, the cylindrical bore of said pedicle mounting means being positioned medially relative to the cylindrical bore of said oblique mounting means.