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Patente US6371957 - Device for connecting a longitudinal bar to a pedicle screw - Google PatentesB�squeda Im�genes Maps Play YouTube Noticias Gmail Drive M�s » B�squeda avanzada de patentes | Historial web | Iniciar sesi�n B�squeda avanzada de patentesPatentesThe invention relates to a device for connecting a longitudinal bar to a pedicle screw thereby forming a system for fixation of the spine. The device includes a body having an upper end, a lower end, a hole which is open at least towards the bottom and has an axis, and a through hole positioned perpendicular...http://www.google.es/patents/US6371957?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatente US6371957 - Device for connecting a longitudinal bar to a pedicle screw N�mero de publicaci�nUS6371957 B1Tipo de publicaci�nConcesi�n N�mero de solicitud09/341,963 Fecha de publicaci�n16 Abr 2002 Fecha de presentaci�n22 Ene 1997 Fecha de prioridad22 Ene 1997Tambi�n publicado comoDE59712497D1, EP0954247A1, EP0954247B1, US7022122, US20030023240, US20060149244, WO1998032386A1 N�mero de publicaci�n09341963, 341963, US 6371957 B1, US 6371957B1, US-B1-6371957, US6371957 B1, US6371957B1 InventoresThomas Amrein, Martin Hess Cesionario originalSynthes (Usa)Citas de patentes (50), Citada por (91), Clasificaciones (10) Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesi�n de USPTO, EspacenetDevice for connecting a longitudinal bar to a pedicle screwUS 6371957 B1 Resumen The invention relates to a device for connecting a longitudinal bar to a pedicle screw thereby forming a system for fixation of the spine. The device includes a body having an upper end, a lower end, a hole which is open at least towards the bottom and has an axis, and a through hole positioned perpendicular to the axis. The device also has a collet chuck mounted coaxially on the inside of the body in such a way that it can slide along the axis. The collet chuck has a through hole which is flush with the through hole of the body, and a chamber which faces at least downwards and is defined by tongues spring-mounted against the cylinder axis. When the collect chuck is inserted in the body, the through holes align to allow insertion of the longitudinal bar. The head of a pedicle screw can be clicked into the chamber from below by spring-action. The device is easy to use and makes it possible for the pedicle screw to be inclined within a certain range.
a longitudinal member positionable along a spinal column; a fastener having a head and a threaded end for engaging a vertebra; and a connector for connecting the fastener and the longitudinal member comprising: a body having top, bottom, and side surfaces which surround an interior of the body, with the side surface having a through hole for receiving the longitudinal member and the bottom surface having an opening leading to the interior of the body; a collet chuck configured and dimensioned to be slideably received in the interior of the body and having internal threads and external threads, a through hole alignable with the body through hole for insertion of the longitudinal member in the connector, a plurality of resilient tongues, and a chamber defined by inner surfaces of the tongues and configured and dimensioned to receive the fastener head, the tongues flexing outward for receiving the fastener head in the chamber and flexing back inward for retaining the fastener head in the chamber; and a first locking element threadably associated with the external threads of the collet chuck for permitting movement of the body with respect to the collet chuck; a second locking element threadably associated with the internal threads of the collet chuck for releasably locking movement of the longitudinal member with respect to the collet chuck; wherein engagement of the first locking element with the collet chuck permits inward movement of the tongues to secure the fastener at a surgeon selected angle. 2. A spinal fixation system comprising:
a longitudinal member positionable along a spinal column; a fastener having a head and a threaded end for engaging a vertebra; and a connector for connecting the fastener and the longitudinal member comprising: a body having top, bottom, and side surfaces which surround an interior of the body, with the side surface having a through hole for receiving the longitudinal member and the bottom surface having an opening leading to the interior of the body; a collet chuck configured and dimensioned to be slideably received in the interior of the body and having a through hole alignable with the body through hole for insertion of the longitudinal member in the connector, a plurality of resilient tongues, and a chamber defined by inner surfaces of the tongues and configured and dimensioned to receive the fastener head, the tongues flexing outward for receiving the fastener head in the chamber and flexing back inward for retaining the fastener head in the chamber; and a locking element for securing the longitudinal member in the body and collet chuck through holes; wherein:
engagement of the locking element with the collet chuck results in inward movement of the tongues and thereby secures the fastener at a surgeon selected angle; and the body interior has a substantially conical shape flaring outward toward the bottom surface and outer surfaces of the tongues are convex for providing linear contact between the body interior and the outer surfaces of the tongues upon engagement of the locking element. 3. The spinal fixation system of claim 2 wherein the chamber has a substantially spherical shape.
4. The spinal fixation system of claim 3 wherein the fastener head has a substantially spherical shape.
5. The spinal fixation system of claim 2 wherein the inner surfaces of the tongues have grooves or ribs for securing the fastener head in the chamber.
6. The spinal fixation system of claim 2 wherein the fastener head has a surface with grooves or ribs for securing the fastener head in the chamber.
7. The spinal fixation system of claim 2 wherein the locking element comprises a set screw and a threaded hole in an upper portion of the collet chuck for threadably receiving the set screw and wherein threading of the set screw in the threaded hole results in contact between the set screw and longitudinal member to thereby secure the longitudinal member.
8. The spinal fixation system of claim 2 wherein the body comprises top and bottom portions, the bottom portion having a sufficient height so that the longitudinal member is in contact with the bottom portion when secured in the body and collet chuck through holes.
9. The spinal fixation system of claim 8 wherein the locking element comprises a nut and a threaded outer surface on an upper portion of the collet chuck and wherein threading of the nut on the threaded outer surface results in contact between the nut and the top body portion and contact between the top body portion and the longitudinal member to thereby secure the longitudinal member.
10. The spinal fixation system of claim 2 wherein the collet chuck through hole is a U-shaped channel.
11. The spinal fixation system of claim 10 wherein the body comprises top and bottom portions, and the locking element comprises a nut and a threaded outer surface on an upper portion of the collet chuck and wherein threading of the nut on the threaded outer surface results in contact between the nut and the top body portion and contact between the top body portion and the longitudinal member to thereby secure the longitudinal member.
12. The spinal fixation system of claim 11 wherein the locking element further comprises a plug insertable in the channel for preventing collapse of the channel upon threading of the nut.
13. The spinal fixation system of claim 10 wherein the channel is open on a top edge of the collet chuck.
14. The spinal fixation system of claim 10 wherein the channel is open on a side edge of the collet chuck.
15. The spinal fixation system of claim 2 further comprising a fastener retainer comprising a nut and a threaded outer surface on an upper portion of the collet chuck and wherein threading of the nut on the threaded outer surface results in relative sliding movement between the body and the collet chuck and thereby compresses the tongues to secure the fastener head in the chamber.
16. The spinal fixation system of claim 15 wherein the locking element comprises a set screw and a threaded hole in the top portion of the collet chuck for threadably receiving the set screw and wherein threading of the set screw in the threaded hole results in contact between the set screw and longitudinal member to thereby secure the longitudinal member.
17. The spinal fixation system of claim 2 further comprising a locking screw and a threaded hole in an upper portion of the collet chuck, wherein threading the locking screw in the threaded hole causes relative sliding movement between the body and collet chuck and thereby compresses the tongues to secure the fastener head in the chamber.
18. The spinal fixation system of claim 17 wherein the upper portion of the collet chuck has a ledge and the locking screw has a shoulder, the ledge interfering with the shoulder when the locking screw is fully threaded in the threaded hole.
19. The spinal fixation system of claim 17 wherein the locking element comprises a set screw and a threaded hole in the locking screw for threadably receiving the set screw and wherein threading of the set screw in the threaded hole results in contact between the set screw and longitudinal member to thereby secure the longitudinal member.
20. A spinal fixation system comprising:
a longitudinal member positionable along a spinal column; a fastener having a head for engaging vertebra; and a connector for connecting the fastener and longitudinal member comprising: a body having a first through hole extending from a top surface to a bottom surface, and a first opening in a side surface for receiving the longitudinal member; a collet chuck with at least a portion slideably received in the first through hole of the body, having internal threads and external threads, and having a second opening for receiving the longitudinal member, the second opening being alignable with the first opening, and a plurality of resilient tongues defining a region for receiving and retaining the fastener head therein; and a first locking element threadably associated with the external threads of the collet chuck for permitting movement of the body with respect to the collet chuck; a second locking element threadably associated with the internal threads of the collet chuck for releasably locking movement of the longitudinal member with respect to the collet chuck; wherein engagement of the body with the tongues of the collet chuck permits inward movement of the tongues to secure the fastener at a surgeon selected angle. 21. The spinal fixation system of claim 20 wherein the region has a substantially spherical shape.
22. The spinal fixation system of claim 21 wherein the fastener head has a substantially spherical shape.
23. The spinal fixation system of claim 20 wherein the tongues have inner surfaces with grooves or ribs for securing the fastener head in the region.
24. The spinal fixation system of claim 20 wherein the fastener head has a surface with grooves or ribs for securing the fastener head in the region.
25. The spinal fixation system of claim 20 wherein the second locking element comprises a set screw wherein threading of the set screw with the internal threads of the collet permits contact between the set screw and longitudinal member to thereby secure the longitudinal member.
26. The spinal fixation system of claim 20 wherein the body comprises top and bottom portions, the bottom portion having a sufficient height so that the longitudinal member is in contact with the bottom portion when secured in the first and second openings.
27. The spinal fixation system of claim 20 wherein the body comprises top and bottom portions and the first locking element comprises a nut, wherein threading of the nut on the external threads of the collet permits at least one of (1) contact between the nut and the top portion and (2) contact between the bottom portion and the longitudinal member.
28. The spinal fixation system of claim 20 wherein the collet chuck includes a U-shaped channel, the internal threads being disposed therein.
29. The spinal fixation system of claim 20 wherein the body comprises top and bottom portions, the first locking element comprises a nut, and the external threads are disposed on an upper portion of the collet chuck, wherein threading of the nut on the external threads permits contact between the nut and the top portion of the body and contact between the bottom portion of the body and the longitudinal member to thereby secure the longitudinal member.
30. The spinal fixation system of claim 29 wherein the second locking element comprises a plug insertable in the channel for resisting collapse of the channel upon threading of the nut.
31. The spinal fixation system of claim 28 wherein the channel is open on a top edge of the collet chuck.
32. The spinal fixation system of claim 28 wherein the channel is open on a side edge of the collet chuck.
33. The spinal fixation system of claim 20 wherein the first locking element comprises a nut, the external threads are disposed on an upper portion of the collet chuck, and wherein threading of the nut on the external threads permits relative sliding movement between the body and the collet chuck to thereby compress the tongues and secure the fastener head in the region.
34. The spinal fixation system of claim 33 wherein the second locking element comprises a set screw and the internal threads are disposed in a threaded hole in the upper portion of the collet chuck for threadably receiving the set screw, and wherein threading of the set screw in the threaded hole permits contact between the set screw and longitudinal member to fix the longitudinal member.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention concerns a device for connecting a longitudinal bar to a pedicle screw.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION From the related art, a large number of pedicle screws for fixation of the spinal column are already known; these known pedicle screws have the advantage that the individual pedicle screw can be attached to or removed from the longitudinal bar at any time without having to dismantle the entire fixation system. Such a pedicle screw is known from European Patent No. 330,881 B, for example.
The disadvantage of this and similar pedicle screws is the relatively complicated locking mechanisms for securing the longitudinal bar inserted into the open pedicle screw head. Furthermore, in most cases the head of the screw can be aligned with the position of the longitudinal bar only to a limited extent, necessitating complicated bending of the longitudinal bar to the correct angle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention will provide a remedy in this regard. This invention is based on the problem of creating a device for connecting a longitudinal bar to a pedicle screw, said device being easy to handle and permitting bending of the pedicle screw within a certain range.
The present invention relates to a spinal fixation system including a longitudinal member positionable along the spinal column, a fastener for engaging a vertebra, and a connector for connecting the fastener and the longitudinal member. One part of the connector is a body having a through hole for receiving the longitudinal member and an opening in the bottom surface leading to the interior of the body. Another part of the connector is a collet chuck configured and dimensioned to be slideably received in the interior of the body. The collet chuck has a through hole alignable with the body through hole for insertion of the longitudinal member in the connector, a plurality of resilient tongues, and a chamber defined by inner surfaces of the tongues and configured and dimensioned to receive the fastener head. The tongues flex outward for receiving the fastener head in the chamber and flex back inward for retaining the fastener head in the chamber. The connector also includes a locking element for securing the longitudinal member in the body and collet chuck through holes. Engagement of the locking element results in inward movement of the tongue and thereby secures the fastener at a surgeon selected angle.
Thus, in comparison with known devices, the device according to this invention offers the advantage that the pedicle screws can not only be secured exactly perpendicular to the longitudinal bar but also permit an angle bend of up to �250. This is especially important if the longitudinal bar has not been bent accurately, which leads to major problems in assembly with traditional systems.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The device according to this invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 consists essentially of a body 3 in the form of a hollow cylindrical bushing with an axis 4 (axis of the hollow cylinder) and a hollow cylindrical collet chuck 7 arranged coaxially so it can slide in the interior of the body 3.
The body 3 has a through hole 6 running across the axis 4�intersecting the cylindrical surface of the hollow cylinder at two points symmetrically with the axis 4�and the collet chuck 7 has a through hole 17 running across the axis 4. Insertion of a longitudinal bar 1 running across the axis 4 is made possibly by the aligned arrangement of the through holes 6 and 17 as illustrated in FIG. 2.
The (hollow cylindrical) body 3 and collet chuck 7 are preferably in a rotationally locked arrangement relative to one another, e.g., by means of suitable groove/channel guides running axially. The collet chuck 7 is designed with tongues 8 spring mounted against cylinder axis 4 and pointing downward; the spherical head 9 of a pedicle-screw 2 can be snapped from below with a spring action into the chamber formed by these tongues.
A hole 10 with an inside thread 11 is provided in the upper part of collet chuck 7 to accommodate a set screw 12 with a hexagonal socket head 20 which can exert a force on a longitudinal bar 1 inserted into the device, so the longitudinal bar 1 is locked axially and rotationally with respect to body 3, as indicated in FIG. 3. Collet chuck 7 is designed at its lower end such that the screw shaft 13 of pedicle screw 2 connected to the spherical head 9 can be locked at an angle α of −25� to +25� with respect to axis 4.
At its lower end 24, body 3 has a conical inside surface 14 which becomes wider toward the lower end. The outside surface 18 of the collet chuck 7 is spherically shaped in the area of the chamber 19, so that the conical inside surface 14 of the body can be brought into linear contact with this outside surface 18. As soon as the set screw 12 abuts against the longitudinal bar 1 inserted into the device, collet chuck 7 begins to push upward against body 3. This process is illustrated in FIG. 2, where the left half of the figure shows the condition before pushing collet chuck 7 upward, and the right half shows conical surfaces 14 and 18 slipping past one another as the collet chuck 7 is pushed upward, with the tongues 8 of the collet chuck 7 which are designed with a spring action due to the slot 22 being pushed toward cylinder axis 4, so that the hollow spherical cavity 19 is reduced in size, and the head 9 of the pedicle screw 2 inserted into it is gripped securely. To optimize the locking of the head 9, it is provided with a structuring 15, preferably in the form of transverse grooves or transverse ribs. Otherwise, pedicle screw 2 corresponds to the known screw designs and is expediently provided with a hexagonal socket head 16.
The hollow spherical cavity 19 may in turn be provided with a structuring 21, preferably in the form of transverse grooves or transverse ribs. A combination of structuring 21 and structuring 15 is possible to further improve the fixation effect of head 9 in hollow spherical cavity 19. Hollow spherical cavity 19 is preferably designed with a shape complementary to that of the head 9 of pedicle screw 2 to be accommodated in it.
The variant shown in FIG. 4 of the device according to this invention illustrates the use of a body 3, which is divided into a bottom part 52 and a top part 53 across the axis 4 in the middle of through hole 6, in combination with an adjusting nut 26. The bottom part 52 of body 3 must be so tall that the longitudinal bar 1 is always in contact with the bottom part 52.
a) the collet chuck 73 has an inside thread 11 in addition to outside thread 27, and
b) the body 3, which is in one piece, and the through hole 6 are positioned with respect to the through hole 17 so that only the spherical head 9 is locked when the adjusting nut 26 is tightened. This permits distraction or compression with a stable angular position. The adjusting nut 26 presses on the body 3, and the resulting bracing of the body 3 with the collet chuck 73 ensures fixation of the spherical head 9 of the pedicle screw 2 without locking the longitudinal bar 1. The longitudinal bar 1 is pressed separately with the help of the set screw 12 against the lower edge of the through hole 6 of the body 3. Therefore, the body 3 is further wedged with the collet chuck 73, which leads to a greater clamping effect on the spherical head 9. The through hole 6 must be positioned in the body 3 so that the longitudinal bar 1 also rests on the lower edge of the through hole 6 after tightening the adjusting nut 26.
The variant illustrated in FIG. 7 of the device according to this invention differs from the device illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 3 only in the design of the locking screw 91 and the positioning of the through hole 6 with respect to the through hole 17. The collet chuck 7 is provided with an inside thread 11. A locking screw 91 which is screwed into the inside thread 11 and a set screw 12 which is integrated into the locking screw 91 serve to lock the spherical head 9 and the longitudinal bar 1. The body 3, which is designed in one piece by analogy with FIGS. 1 through 3, is provided with a turning 94 at the top, accommodating the shoulder 93 of the locking screw 91. The through hole 6 is positioned in body 3 with respect to the through hole 17 in the collet chuck 7 in such a way that only spherical head 9 is locked when locking screw 91 is tightened. The longitudinal bar 1 is secured afterwards by means of the set screw 12. As long as this set screw 12 is screwed completely into the locking screw 91, and the locking screw 91 has been screwed back to the extent that the longitudinal bar 1 touches the lower edge of the through hole 6 in the body 3, the spherical head 9 can be secured or removed. Furthermore, the collet chuck 7 is released again from the tightened state when the locking screw 91 is screwed back. To accommodate the longitudinal bar 1, the collet chuck 7 may be provided with a through hole 17 according to FIG. 4, with a channel 54 which is open at the top according to FIG. 9, or with a channel 42 according to FIG. 8 which is open at the side. In these two cases, either a two-piece design of body 3 or a design according to FIGS. 11 and 12 is advantageous to facilitate insertion of the longitudinal bar. However, with the two-piece design, the two parts of the body 3 must be designed so that the top part 53 presses directly on the bottom part 52 and not on the longitudinal bar 1 even after bracing.
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