Patent ID: 6261287
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An assembly for setting a spine comprising an anchoring element, including a shaft portion to be attached to a vertebrae, a first end of said anchoring element being formed by a ball;a cage which has an aperture at a first end through which said shaft portion of said anchoring element extends, wherein the diameter of said shaft portion adjacent said aperture is smaller than that of said aperture, said cage including a partially ball shaped surface for engaging said ball shaped first end of said anchoring element, said cage including a passageway opened to a second end of said cage opposite to said aperture for receiving a rod and a securing screw to be screwed in an axial direction onto a thread provided at said second end of said cage in the area of said receiving slot to urge said rod received in said receiving passageway into contact with said first end of said anchoring element to secure said assembly.