Sean Saidha,William L. Strausbaugh,Boyd Wolf,Thomas Pepe,Christoph Roth,David S. Rathbun,William P. McDonough
申请号:
US13598920
公开号:
US20130006306A1
申请日:
2012.08.30
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
A transconnector for joining adjacent longitudinal spinal rods. The transconnector preferably includes a bridge member and a pair of bone fixation coupling elements, the bridge member is preferably sized and configured to span a distance between the pair of bone fixation coupling elements. The bone fixation coupling elements are preferably sized and configured to engage the bridge member and sized and configured to receive one of the bone fixation elements. The bone fixation coupling elements are preferably sized and configured to engage the body portion of the bone fixation element. The bone fixation coupling elements may include a locking cap having a first set of threads for threadably engaging the bone fixation element.