Patent ID: 6132431
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A device for correcting and stabilizing a deviating curvature of a spinal column by anterior fusion, comprising:at least two brace supporting holders each having a surface to contact with an associated vertebral body in the spinal column;securing means for securing the respective brace holders on said vertebral body; andan elongate brace adapted to extend through and between said brace holders and to be locked thereto, said brace being rectangular in cross section, having flat sides of a width in a range of about 5 to 8 mm, a thickness in a range of about 1 to 3 mm, and being made of stainless steel or titanium to be manually deformable in a geometric plane extending perpendicularly to the flat sides of the brace;wherein each of the brace supporting holders supports the brace in such a manner that a first flat large side of the brace faces the contact surface of the brace holder on said vertebral body, whereby the brace is deformable only in said geometric plane during mounting without being locked to the brace holders, and during correction, to follow the curvature of the spinal column.