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Patent US8128635 - Bone fixation tensioning tool and method - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA tensioning tool and method for tensioning a conformable ligature of a bone fixing system are disclosed. The ends of a conformable ligature can be passed around bones, bone grafts, tendons, plates, rods, fasteners, or other anatomical or implanted structures, and the like to form a loop. Another portion...http://www.google.com/patents/US8128635?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8128635 - Bone fixation tensioning tool and methodAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS8128635 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/877,160Publication dateMar 6, 2012Filing dateOct 23, 2007Priority dateOct 23, 2007Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS9204902, US9204903, US20090105715, US20120143207, US20120239053, US20120239054, US20160038194Publication number11877160, 877160, US 8128635 B2, US 8128635B2, US-B2-8128635, US8128635 B2, US8128635B2InventorsKarl Pierre Belliard, Gilles Larroque-Lahitette, Marion Jeanne Sophie Delclaud, Jean-Luc Albert Paul JouveOriginal AssigneeZimmer Spine S.A.S.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (106), Non-Patent Citations (52), Referenced by (13), Classifications (9), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetBone fixation tensioning tool and method
US 8128635 B2Abstract
18. The method of claim 13, further comprising tensioning one or more additional conformable ligatures that are looped about the multiple structures using one or more additional tensioning tools. Description
In some embodiments, flexible ligature 14 may not be ligated around pin 24 or otherwise fixed to connecting part 12. As shown in FIG. 5, in one embodiment, a vertebral fixing system comprises a connecting part 12, a flexible ligature 14, and adjustable locking means 16. The flexible ligature 14 is of elongate shape and is capable of matching the outline of the parts it is to connect together. In this figure, there can also be seen the rod 18 that is to be secured to the vertebra by means of the vertebral fixing system. In the first embodiment, the connecting part 12 is constituted by two longitudinal elements given respective references 22 and 20, each having a first end 22 a, 20 a and a second end 22 b, 20 b. In FIG. 6A, the longitudinal elements 22 and 20 are hinged to each other at their second ends 22 b, 20 b about a pivot pin 24.
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