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FLEXIBLE TIE FASTENING SYSTEM - Abbott Spine
United States Patent Application 20090182379
control means (52) mounted on said moving part (46) to cause the moving part to move relative to said rod, thereby tending to move the first end (42a) of the rod away from said moving part, thereby exerting tension on said tie relative to said implant.
Baccelli, Christain (Saucats, FR)
12/408592
Abbott Spine (Cite Mondiale, FR)
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1. A fastening system, comprising: a connection piece comprising two jaws, wherein each of the jaws comprises: a recess; and an opening; a tie comprising: two ends, wherein the two ends are sized to pass through the openings to form a loop; and a recess contact portion configured to engage a surface on at least one of the recesses; and an adjustable locking member for engaging the two jaws, wherein the locking member is adjustable, the locking member holding the connection piece in a fixed position relative to a rod positioned within the recesses and pinching the recess contact portions of the tie to lock the tie in position.
5. A bone fastening system, comprising: a rod; a connection piece, comprising: two jaws, wherein each jaw comprises: a recess for receiving the rod; and an opening; a tie comprising: two ends, wherein the two ends pass through the openings to form a loop on a first side of the connection piece and the two ends extend on a second side of the connection piece; and two recess contact portions, wherein each recess contact portion contacts a surface on one of the recesses; and a locking member, wherein the locking member engages the two jaws, simultaneously holding the connection piece in a fixed position relative to the rod and pinching the recess contact portions of the tie to secure the tie.
9. A method of coupling a rod to a bony element, comprising: positioning a rod in a recess formed between two jaws of a connection piece; passing one of two ends of a flexible tie around a bony element and through at least one opening in the connection piece, wherein the tie forms a loop around the bony element on a first side of the connection piece and the two ends extend on a second side of the connection piece; and engaging the two jaws with a locking member to hold the connection piece in a fixed position relative to the rod and to secure the tie between a surface of the rod and the recess of the connection piece so as to prevent relative displacement of the rod and tie to the bony element.
14. A method for stabilizing a portion of the spine, comprising: positioning a rod along a portion of the spine; placing a first connection piece on the rod, wherein the first connection piece comprises two jaws with a recess for receiving the rod and an opening; passing an end of a first tie through the opening in the first connection piece; passing the end of the first tie around a first vertebra, wherein the first tie forms a loop around the first vertebra on a first side of the first connection piece; placing a second connection piece on the rod, wherein the second connection piece comprises two jaws with a recess for receiving the rod and an opening; passing an end of a second tie through the opening in the second connection piece; passing the end of the second tie around a second vertebra, wherein the second tie forms a loop around the second vertebra on a first side of the second connection piece; engaging a first locking member in the first connection piece to hold the rod in a fixed position relative to the first connection piece and secure the first tie by pinching the first tie against a surface of the recess of the first connection piece; and engaging a second locking member in the second connection piece to hold the rod in a fixed position relative to the second connection piece and secure the second tie by pinching the second tie against a surface of the recess of the second connection piece.
16. The method of claim 14, further comprising the steps of: tensioning the first tie to determine the length of the first loop prior to engaging the first adjustable locking member; and tensioning the second tie to determine the length of the second loop prior to engaging the second adjustable locking member.
19. A method for correcting a portion of the spine, comprising: coupling a rod to a first side of the spine, comprising: positioning a rod along a portion of the spine; passing an end of a first flexible tie around a first vertebra; passing an end of a second flexible tie around a second vertebra; placing the rod within a recess formed between a set of jaws of a first connection piece; placing the rod within a recess formed between a set of jaws of a second connection piece; passing at least one of the two ends of the first flexible tie through an opening in the first connection piece, wherein the first flexible tie forms a loop on a first side of the first connection piece; passing at least one of the two ends of the second flexible tie through an opening in the second connection piece, wherein the second flexible tie forms a loop on a first side of the second connection piece; tensioning the first tie to determine the length of the first loop; engaging a locking member in the first connection piece to tighten the two jaws of the first connection piece about the rod to hold the first connection piece in a fixed position relative to the rod and to pinch the first flexible tie between the rod and the jaws of the first connection piece to lock the first tie in position; positioning the second connection piece on the rod relative to the first connection piece to space the vertebrae relative to each other; tensioning the second tie to determine the length of the second loop; and engaging a locking member in the second connection piece to tighten the two jaws of the second connection piece about the rod to hold the second connection piece in a fixed position relative to the rod and pinch the second flexible tie between the rod and the jaws of the second connection piece to lock the second tie in position.
24. A system for stabilizing a portion of the spine, comprising: a first rod for positioning on a first side of the spine relative to two or more vertebrae; a first connection piece, comprising: two jaws, wherein each jaw comprises: a recess for receiving the first rod; and an opening; and an adjustable locking member; a first tie comprising two ends, wherein at least one of the two ends is passed through the openings to form a loop on a first side of the first connection piece; a second connection piece, comprising: two jaws, wherein each jaw comprises: a recess for receiving the first rod; and an opening; and an adjustable locking member; and a second tie comprising two ends, wherein at least one of the two ends is passed through the opening to form a loop on a first side of the second connection piece; wherein at least one of the two ends of the first tie is tensioned to determine the length of the loop, wherein the locking member of the first connection piece is adjustable to hold the first connection piece in a fixed position relative to the rod positioned within the first connection piece recesses and to pinch the first tie between the recess of the first connection piece and the rod to lock the first tie in position; and wherein at least one of the two ends of the second tie is tensioned to determine the length of the loop, wherein the locking member of the second connection piece is adjustable to hold the second connection piece in a fixed position relative to the rod positioned within the second connection piece recesses and to pinch the second tie between the recess of the second connection piece and the rod to lock the second tie in position.
With reference to FIG. 3, there follows a description in greater detail of the mechanisms of the instrument 40. This figure shows the cylindrically-shaped moving part 46 on which the handle 48 is secured. The trigger 52 is hinged relative to the handle 48 about a pin 60. The trigger 52 has a grip portion 52a and a finger 52b for controlling the rod, which finger projects beyond the pivot pin 60. The finger 52b penetrates into the moving part 46 via a slot (not shown). The rod 42 is slidably engaged in the moving part 46.
Various elements that are described below are mounted around the rod 42 inside the moving part 46 having open ends that are closed by endpieces 62 and 64 each pierced by an axial bore for passing the rod 42. A spring 66 and a plate 68 constituting the anti-return system are mounted outside the moving part 46, around the rod 42. The plate 68 is pierced by a bore 70 of diameter that is slightly greater than the diameter of the rod. The plate 68 has a tongue 72 that can bear against an arm 74 secured to the rear portion of the moving part 46. Inside the moving part 48 and starting from its end closed by the endpiece 64, there is a spacer cylinder 76, a transmission part 78 constituted by an annular portion 78a and by a stud 78b suitable for co-operating with the finger 52b of the trigger 52. The transmission part 78 is associated with a spring 80. Thereafter there is a carriage 82 having a cylindrical portion. 82a engaged around the rod 42 and two external projections 82b. The projections 82b of the carriage 82 are external to the moving part 46 by virtue of a longitudinal slot 84 therein. This external portion of the carriage 82 has the tie-holding stud 50 secured thereto. The carriage 82 is associated with a dynamometer spring 86 which is interposed between the endpiece 62 and the front face of the cylindrical portion 82a of the carriage 82.
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