Patent ID: 10874441

Abstract:
Occipital-cervical fixation equipment comprising: an occipital plate able to be fixed to an occipital portion of the skull of a patient; at least two longitudinal lateral bars able to be arranged in a sagittal direction alongside the spinous processes of the vertebrae of the patient, each longitudinal lateral bar extending between an occipital end portion and a vertebral end portion; a first fixation means configured to fix the occipital end portion of each longitudinal lateral bar and the occipital plate; a second fixation means configured to fix the longitudinal lateral bars to a patient's vertebra; a transverse connector; the third fixation means configured to fix the occipital end portion of the longitudinal central bar to the occipital plate; and the fourth fixation means configured to fix the lateral end portions of the cross bar respectively to one of two longitudinal lateral bars. Other aspects are disclosed and claimed.