Patent ID: 7135021
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A plug-type spinal retrieving device comprising: a retrieval rod; a fastening screw assembly comprising a fastening screw and a C-shaped ring having a convex outer surface; a plug having a tapered end with two slant surfaces, on which a round recess and a groove are formed separately, wherein the round recess has a dimension corresponding to the convex outer surface of the C-shaped ring, and the groove has a dimension corresponding to the retrieval rod; and a fixation seat having a receiving hole in which the retrieval rod is able to be slidably received, a fastening hole having a concave wall in which the C-shaped ring is able to be rotatably received, and an interconnecting hole through which the receiving hole communicates with the fastening hole, the interconnecting hole having a longitudinal axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fastening hole; wherein the fastening screw has a threaded portion and an upper portion, and the C-shaped ring is mounted on the upper portion of the fastening screw, so that the fastening screw is grasped by the C-shaped ring, when the C-shaped ring is received in the fastening hole of the fixation seat; and the C-shaped ring and the retrieval rod are immobilized in the fastening hole and the receiving hole of the fixation seat by inserting the plug into the interconnecting hole of the fixation seat, when the retrieval rod is received in the receiving hole, and the C-shaped ring mounted on the fixation screw is received in the fastening hole of the fixation seat.