Patent ID: 9179942
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A holding device adapted for maintaining a predetermined intervertebral spacing comprising a preferably substantially flat, longilineal element, with a predetermined principal width, having a first and a second ends, capable of being positioned around spinous processes, wherein said holding device also comprises: a) a rigid support including two lateral portions assembled between front and rear portions, said first end being joined or capable of being joined to said rear portion and said second end remaining free, b) a locking element mounted so as to slide on said lateral portions and defining front and rear passage areas with the front and rear portions respectively, allowing passage of said second free end into the rear passage area then into the front passage area while partially surrounding said locking element such that the portion of said longilineal element extending substantially between its first end and the locking element forms a loop with a given perimeter and in that the application of opposite tensions on the inner walls of the loop causes the displacement of said locking element toward said front portion and the locking of the portion of the longilineal element in the front passage area between said locking element and the front portion of the support, wherein the locking element includes a central opening the inner lateral edges whereof are arranged so as to accommodate the lateral portions of the support and to serve as a guide for the sliding of the locking element on the lateral portions between the front and rear portions of the support.