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Pedicle screw system and spinal stabilization system

US9848915B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Jens Beger · Tuttlingen, DE
Claudia Stoerk · Tuttlingen, DE
Stefan Gassner · Calau, DE
Sven Krüger · Würzburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 23, 2015
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 23, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/7077
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pedicle screw system and/or a spinal stabilization system includes a pedicle screw having a screw shaft with an external thread and having a screw head supported on the screw shaft in a ball-and-socket joint relationship therewith. The screw head includes a connecting element receptacle for a connecting element of a spinal stabilization system. The pedicle screw system further includes a bone alignment device and a coupling device for at least one of force-locking coupling and form-locking coupling of the bone alignment device and the screw shaft when in an alignment position.

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