Patent ID: 6375656
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for implanting a device for a fixing rod to a thin bone wall, in particular for fixing a rod of a system for osteosynthesis of the spine to the wall of the occipital bone of the skull, the device comprising a rod and two parts each comprising both a body in which there is formed a passage for receiving the rod, and also a curved hook extending laterally relatively to the body, the method comprising:placing the two hooks face to face; inserting the hooks simultaneously into a first opening formed in said bone wall, the hooks being inserted by tilting the two parts in opposite directions so as to tend to move their bodies towards each other, the hooks moving away from each other behind said wall as said bodies move towards each other; aligning said passages of the two bodies once the bodies have come together with the parts in mutual contact; and receiving the rod therein, thereby preventing said parts from tilting in the opposite direction.