CA2397295C - Device for detachably clamping a longitudinal carrier in a surgical implant - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a device for detachably clamping and connecting a longitudinal carrier (1) to an additional component of the implant. The inventive device comprises A) at least one yoke-like connecting body (2) having a through-bore (6) that penetrates the web, B) coupling means (64; 65) that are arranged at the connecting body (2) for fixing the connecting body (2) to an additional component of the implant, C) a yoke-like clamping body (7) which can glide in the through-bore (6) and has springy side walls (19; 20) and an opening (16) that forms the yoke and serves for receiving the longitudinal carrier (1) and D) fixing means (9), whereby E) the side walls (19; 20) of the clamping body (7) are provided with elevations (47; 48) and F) the cross-section of the opening (16) is reduced by means of at least one component (2; 43) to such an extent that a longitudinal carrier (1) which is inserted into the opening (16) is pressed against the elevations (47;
48), whereby said component (2; 43) is moved in relation to the clamping body (7). A wedging effect is thus exerted on the elevations (47; 48) and the side walls (19; 20) are pressed against the wall of the through-bore (6).
48), whereby said component (2; 43) is moved in relation to the clamping body (7). A wedging effect is thus exerted on the elevations (47; 48) and the side walls (19; 20) are pressed against the wall of the through-bore (6).
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Device for releasably clamping a longitudinal member within a surgical implant The invention relates to a device for releasably clamping and connecting a longitudinal member within a surgical implant in the body of human or animal, Surgical implants as- used for bone fixation or specifically for spinal fixation often contain one or more longitudinal members, to which the bone fixation elements or, specifically in the case of spinal fixation, the pedicle screws are fastened and consequently are fixed with respect to one another in a longitudinal direction. For stiffening an implant as a whole, containing a plurality of longitudinal members, the longitudinal members are connected to one -another by means of transverse connectors, which are attached transversely with respect to the longitudinal members between the latter.
Some devices for connecting longitudinal members withia spinal column implants are already known from the prior art. These have the advantage that the implanted longitudinal members are considerably stiffened by the transverse connection by means of these devices.
Thanks to the already known devices, it is also possible to implant the transverse connections at angles which deviate to a certain extent from a right angle.
Such a device for connecting longitudinal members is known for example from EP-A 0 836 836 RICHEISOPH. The device disclosed there for connecting longitudinal members within spinal column implants comprises a telescopic transverse connecting body with two bores for each receiving an insert, the two bores being provided at the opposite ends of the transverse connecting body. Likewise provided at the ends is in each case a clearance, the central axes of which run transversely with respect to the longitudinal axes of the bores and intersect them. This clearance [sic]
make it possible for the transverse connecting body to be partly slipped over the longitudinal members running transversely with respect to the central axis of the said connecting body. The bores are provided over a portion of their length with a taper, while each insert to be inserted into a bore has over a partial length of its outer circumferential surface an outer taper corresponding to the taper in the bore. By means of openings made transversely with respect to the longitudinal axes of the bores, the inserts are formed in a yoke-like manner with resilient legs. The openings in the inserts serve for receiving the longitudinal members and are shaped in such a way that the resilient legs enclose the longitudinal member more than semi-circularly, but an insertion or removal of the longitudinal member is made possible by the resilient legs. The insert and longitudinal member are blocked at the same time by tightening of a locking means, which is screwed over or into a thread on the part of the insert adjoining the yoke. When this locking means is tightened, the insert is pulled into the bore in the transverse connecting body, the legs of the insert being pressed together by the taper connection, and consequently the longitudinal member is blocked in the through-opening within the legs and the insert is blocked in the transverse connecting body.
A further connecting device of this kind is known from EP-A 0 778 007 PFAIFER. This known device comprises a central body, a ring which can be pushed over the latter and a nut which can be screwed onto an ex'ternal thread provided at the upper end of the central body.
At the lower end, the central body is provided with a channel, the central axis of which runs transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the central body, so that two mutually opposite resilient claws for receiving the longitudinal member are formed on the central body. The cylindrical outer form of the central body has a greater diameter over part of its length, whereby a shoulder running around the circumferential surface is formed in the region of the resilient claws. The bore of the ring is provided on its side directed towards the channel with a taper which becomes wider towards the end of the ring, so that, when the ring is pushed over the central body, the taper is against the shoulder and, when an axial force is applied by means of tightening the nut, the taper is pushed partially over the shoulder. As a result, the resilient claws are pressed together inwards and a longitudinal member clamped therein is fixed in the channel. Transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the central body and transversely with respect to the central axis of the channel, a through-opening which makes it possible to receive a transverse rod is provided in the central body. This transverse rod is received in a corresponding channel in the ring and fixed with respect to the device by clamping between the ring and nut.
A disadvantage of EP-A 0 778 007 PFAIFER is that the longitudinal member can be arranged only within a small angular range, including right angles, with respect to the transverse connector. The device disclosed in EP-A
0 836 836 RICHELSOPH allows a greater angular range between the longitudinal member and transverse connector, but offers only little security against subsequent twisting by forces acting on the implant.
The invention is intended to remedy this. The invention is based on the object of providing a device for connecting rods and specifically also longitudinal members of spinal column implants or else for connecting a rod to a further implant, for example to a bone anchorage element or a pedicle screw, with the following properties:
- simple handling:
- connection of iongitudinal members which are not implanted in parallel;
- preventi.on of slipping of the rod connection after implantation; and - making it possible for an implant a$ a whole to be very rigid; including as a result of the fact that the longitudinal members cannot twist after the fastening of the rod connections.
The invention achieves the set object by a device for releasably clamping and connecting a longitudinal member within a surgical implant in.the body of a humars or animal.
To be regarded essentially as the advantages achieved by the invention are that, thanks to the device according to the invention, slipping of the rod coaaection after implantation is prevented on account of the force directed specifically to act on the longitudinal member, connection of laaygitudinal members which are not implanted in parallel is possible, even when great torques occur ou the device,exerted by the longitudinal member or members, and the implant as a whole has great rigidity.
The device according to the invention comprises at least one yoke-like connecting body with side walls running in the direction of a central axis, the free space lying between these side walls serving for guiding the longitudinal member through transversely with respect to the central axis, and a through-bore running coaxially with respect to the central axis.
Transversely with respect to the central axis, a coupling means, for example a transverse rod, which serves for the connection to a further part of an implant, for example a further device according to the invention, a bone anchorage element or a pedicle screw, is arranged on the connecting body. Furthermore, the device comprises a yoke-like clamping body, which is arranged slidably in the through-bore and the side walls of which, in the region of the yoke, run in the direction of the central axis and are resilient transversely with respect to the central axis. The through-opening lying between these side walls and corresponding to the free space serves for receiving the longitudinal member. For blocking the longitudinal member and the clamping body within the connecting body, the device comprises a fixation means. The side walls of the clamping body are provided at their free ends with elevations directed towards the interior of the through-opening. These elevations constrict the cross section of the through-opening in such a way that the longitudinal member is secured in the direction of the central axis in the through-opening and, when the fixation means is tightened, the side walls are pressed against the wall of the through-bore by the compressive force of the longitudinal member on the elevations, exerted by at least one of the parts of the device moved in relation to the longitudinal member. As a result, when the fixation means is tightened, the longitudinal member and the clamping body are fixed at the same time in the connecting body.
In a preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention, corresponding serrations, the teeth of which run parallel to the central axis, are provided on the outside of the clamping body and in the through-bore. These serrations allow that, on the one hand, the clamping body can be fitted in the connecting body at different rotational angles about the central axis and, on the other hand, the clamping body cannot twist with respect to the connecting body in the fitted and implanted state, even when relatively great torques occur through the longitudinal member fastened in the clamping body.
The fixation means is advantageously designed in such a way that a tensile force can be exerted on the clamping body from the end of the connecting body on the fixation means side. For this purpose, the clamping body is for example provided at its end on the fixation means side with an internal thread running coaxially with respect to the central axis and the fixation means is formed as a locking screw, which has an external thread corresponding to the internal thread and the screw head of which at the end of the connecting body on the fixation means side is secured against a movement in the direction of the central axis. The securing of the screw head is possible by mounting the screw head or a flange-shaped part thereof in a relief in the through-bore of the connecting body. As a result, the locking screw is secured against movements in the axial direction and continues to be freely rotatable.
In a further preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention, the connecting body is designed in such a way that the locking screw penetrates into the connecting body in the direction of the central axis by a length X from the end on the fixation means side, the connecting body has a height H
in the direction of the central axis between its end on the fixation means side and its end on the clamping body side, the free space has a depth T in the direction of the central axis between the end on the clamping body side and its upper limitation, lying in the direction of the end on the fixation means side, and the condition X > H -T
is satisfied. By satisfying this condition, it is ensured that only the end of the locking screw on the clamping body side is pressed from above onto the longitudinal member and presses the latter against the elevations on the side walls of the clamping body.
In again a further preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention, the connecting body is designed in such a way that the locking screw can penetrate into the connecting body in the direction of the central axis only by a length X from the end on the fixation means side, the connecting body has a height H
in the direction of the central axis between its end on the fixation'means side and its end on the clamping body side, the free space has a depth T in the direction of the central axis between the end on the clamping body side and its upper limitation, lying in the direction of the end on the fixation means side, and the condition X < H - T
is satisfied. By satisfying this condition, it is ensured that only the upper limitation of the free space is pressed from above onto, the longitudinal member and presses the latter against the elevations on the side walls of the clamping body.
Instead of the fixation means being configured as a locking screw, it is also possible for the fixation means to be configured as a nut, which is screwed over a threaded pin correspondingly provided on the clamping body.
The through-opening preferably has a circular-cylindrical core with a diameter D, while the side faces bounding the elevations towards the through-opening have a distance A. The ratio A/D is between 85% and 98*, preferably between 92%- and 98&-. This configuration of the through-opening makes it possible, by the resilient side walls of the clamping body, for the longitudinal member to be snapped in and for the longitudinal member to be stably fixed in the through-opening when the locking screw is tightened.
The configuration of wedge-shaped elevations allows the clamping force of the clamping body to be optimized within the through-bore in the connecting body. The elevations are designed in such a way that each elevation tapers in the direction of the central axis and towards the interior of the through-opening. The wedge shape of the elevations can also be achieved by a core of the through-opening, having for example a cross section similar to a segment of a circle, with a central angle measured symmetrically with respect to the central axis of more than 180 .
In a further embodiment, the device according to the invention comprises two connecting bodies each with a clamping body and each with a locking screw, the two connecting bodies being connected to one another by transverse rods which can be telescoped in one another.
This embodiment of the device according to the invention is suitable as a transverse connector between two longitudinal members, for example within a spinal column implant.
Instead of the telescopic transverse rods, sleeves which are attached to the connecting bodies as coupling means for displaceably receiving a transverse rod are also conceivable.
In order that the longitudinal member can be inserted more easily into the through-opening from the entry in the direction of the central axis, the free ends of the clamping body may also be provided with jaws which are designed in such a way that the cross section of the through-opening narrows from the entry towards the elevations.
Further application possibilities are that a connecting body is connected by means of the transverse rod for example to a bone anchorage element or a pedicle screw.
The invention and developments of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to the partially schematic representations of several exemplary embodiments.
In the drawings:
Figure 1 shows a perspective representation of an embodiment of the device according to the invention;
Figure 2 shows a section through a variant of the embodiment of the device according to the invention represented in Figure 1;
Figure 3 shows a section through a further variant of the embodiment of the device according to the invention represented in Figure 1;
Figure 4 shows a perspective representation of a further embodiment of the device according to the invention;
Figure 5 shows a section through the embodiment of the device according to the invention represented in Figure 4;
Figure 6 shows a perspective representation of a further embodiment of the device according to the invention;
Some devices for connecting longitudinal members withia spinal column implants are already known from the prior art. These have the advantage that the implanted longitudinal members are considerably stiffened by the transverse connection by means of these devices.
Thanks to the already known devices, it is also possible to implant the transverse connections at angles which deviate to a certain extent from a right angle.
Such a device for connecting longitudinal members is known for example from EP-A 0 836 836 RICHEISOPH. The device disclosed there for connecting longitudinal members within spinal column implants comprises a telescopic transverse connecting body with two bores for each receiving an insert, the two bores being provided at the opposite ends of the transverse connecting body. Likewise provided at the ends is in each case a clearance, the central axes of which run transversely with respect to the longitudinal axes of the bores and intersect them. This clearance [sic]
make it possible for the transverse connecting body to be partly slipped over the longitudinal members running transversely with respect to the central axis of the said connecting body. The bores are provided over a portion of their length with a taper, while each insert to be inserted into a bore has over a partial length of its outer circumferential surface an outer taper corresponding to the taper in the bore. By means of openings made transversely with respect to the longitudinal axes of the bores, the inserts are formed in a yoke-like manner with resilient legs. The openings in the inserts serve for receiving the longitudinal members and are shaped in such a way that the resilient legs enclose the longitudinal member more than semi-circularly, but an insertion or removal of the longitudinal member is made possible by the resilient legs. The insert and longitudinal member are blocked at the same time by tightening of a locking means, which is screwed over or into a thread on the part of the insert adjoining the yoke. When this locking means is tightened, the insert is pulled into the bore in the transverse connecting body, the legs of the insert being pressed together by the taper connection, and consequently the longitudinal member is blocked in the through-opening within the legs and the insert is blocked in the transverse connecting body.
A further connecting device of this kind is known from EP-A 0 778 007 PFAIFER. This known device comprises a central body, a ring which can be pushed over the latter and a nut which can be screwed onto an ex'ternal thread provided at the upper end of the central body.
At the lower end, the central body is provided with a channel, the central axis of which runs transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the central body, so that two mutually opposite resilient claws for receiving the longitudinal member are formed on the central body. The cylindrical outer form of the central body has a greater diameter over part of its length, whereby a shoulder running around the circumferential surface is formed in the region of the resilient claws. The bore of the ring is provided on its side directed towards the channel with a taper which becomes wider towards the end of the ring, so that, when the ring is pushed over the central body, the taper is against the shoulder and, when an axial force is applied by means of tightening the nut, the taper is pushed partially over the shoulder. As a result, the resilient claws are pressed together inwards and a longitudinal member clamped therein is fixed in the channel. Transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the central body and transversely with respect to the central axis of the channel, a through-opening which makes it possible to receive a transverse rod is provided in the central body. This transverse rod is received in a corresponding channel in the ring and fixed with respect to the device by clamping between the ring and nut.
A disadvantage of EP-A 0 778 007 PFAIFER is that the longitudinal member can be arranged only within a small angular range, including right angles, with respect to the transverse connector. The device disclosed in EP-A
0 836 836 RICHELSOPH allows a greater angular range between the longitudinal member and transverse connector, but offers only little security against subsequent twisting by forces acting on the implant.
The invention is intended to remedy this. The invention is based on the object of providing a device for connecting rods and specifically also longitudinal members of spinal column implants or else for connecting a rod to a further implant, for example to a bone anchorage element or a pedicle screw, with the following properties:
- simple handling:
- connection of iongitudinal members which are not implanted in parallel;
- preventi.on of slipping of the rod connection after implantation; and - making it possible for an implant a$ a whole to be very rigid; including as a result of the fact that the longitudinal members cannot twist after the fastening of the rod connections.
The invention achieves the set object by a device for releasably clamping and connecting a longitudinal member within a surgical implant in.the body of a humars or animal.
To be regarded essentially as the advantages achieved by the invention are that, thanks to the device according to the invention, slipping of the rod coaaection after implantation is prevented on account of the force directed specifically to act on the longitudinal member, connection of laaygitudinal members which are not implanted in parallel is possible, even when great torques occur ou the device,exerted by the longitudinal member or members, and the implant as a whole has great rigidity.
The device according to the invention comprises at least one yoke-like connecting body with side walls running in the direction of a central axis, the free space lying between these side walls serving for guiding the longitudinal member through transversely with respect to the central axis, and a through-bore running coaxially with respect to the central axis.
Transversely with respect to the central axis, a coupling means, for example a transverse rod, which serves for the connection to a further part of an implant, for example a further device according to the invention, a bone anchorage element or a pedicle screw, is arranged on the connecting body. Furthermore, the device comprises a yoke-like clamping body, which is arranged slidably in the through-bore and the side walls of which, in the region of the yoke, run in the direction of the central axis and are resilient transversely with respect to the central axis. The through-opening lying between these side walls and corresponding to the free space serves for receiving the longitudinal member. For blocking the longitudinal member and the clamping body within the connecting body, the device comprises a fixation means. The side walls of the clamping body are provided at their free ends with elevations directed towards the interior of the through-opening. These elevations constrict the cross section of the through-opening in such a way that the longitudinal member is secured in the direction of the central axis in the through-opening and, when the fixation means is tightened, the side walls are pressed against the wall of the through-bore by the compressive force of the longitudinal member on the elevations, exerted by at least one of the parts of the device moved in relation to the longitudinal member. As a result, when the fixation means is tightened, the longitudinal member and the clamping body are fixed at the same time in the connecting body.
In a preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention, corresponding serrations, the teeth of which run parallel to the central axis, are provided on the outside of the clamping body and in the through-bore. These serrations allow that, on the one hand, the clamping body can be fitted in the connecting body at different rotational angles about the central axis and, on the other hand, the clamping body cannot twist with respect to the connecting body in the fitted and implanted state, even when relatively great torques occur through the longitudinal member fastened in the clamping body.
The fixation means is advantageously designed in such a way that a tensile force can be exerted on the clamping body from the end of the connecting body on the fixation means side. For this purpose, the clamping body is for example provided at its end on the fixation means side with an internal thread running coaxially with respect to the central axis and the fixation means is formed as a locking screw, which has an external thread corresponding to the internal thread and the screw head of which at the end of the connecting body on the fixation means side is secured against a movement in the direction of the central axis. The securing of the screw head is possible by mounting the screw head or a flange-shaped part thereof in a relief in the through-bore of the connecting body. As a result, the locking screw is secured against movements in the axial direction and continues to be freely rotatable.
In a further preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention, the connecting body is designed in such a way that the locking screw penetrates into the connecting body in the direction of the central axis by a length X from the end on the fixation means side, the connecting body has a height H
in the direction of the central axis between its end on the fixation means side and its end on the clamping body side, the free space has a depth T in the direction of the central axis between the end on the clamping body side and its upper limitation, lying in the direction of the end on the fixation means side, and the condition X > H -T
is satisfied. By satisfying this condition, it is ensured that only the end of the locking screw on the clamping body side is pressed from above onto the longitudinal member and presses the latter against the elevations on the side walls of the clamping body.
In again a further preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention, the connecting body is designed in such a way that the locking screw can penetrate into the connecting body in the direction of the central axis only by a length X from the end on the fixation means side, the connecting body has a height H
in the direction of the central axis between its end on the fixation'means side and its end on the clamping body side, the free space has a depth T in the direction of the central axis between the end on the clamping body side and its upper limitation, lying in the direction of the end on the fixation means side, and the condition X < H - T
is satisfied. By satisfying this condition, it is ensured that only the upper limitation of the free space is pressed from above onto, the longitudinal member and presses the latter against the elevations on the side walls of the clamping body.
Instead of the fixation means being configured as a locking screw, it is also possible for the fixation means to be configured as a nut, which is screwed over a threaded pin correspondingly provided on the clamping body.
The through-opening preferably has a circular-cylindrical core with a diameter D, while the side faces bounding the elevations towards the through-opening have a distance A. The ratio A/D is between 85% and 98*, preferably between 92%- and 98&-. This configuration of the through-opening makes it possible, by the resilient side walls of the clamping body, for the longitudinal member to be snapped in and for the longitudinal member to be stably fixed in the through-opening when the locking screw is tightened.
The configuration of wedge-shaped elevations allows the clamping force of the clamping body to be optimized within the through-bore in the connecting body. The elevations are designed in such a way that each elevation tapers in the direction of the central axis and towards the interior of the through-opening. The wedge shape of the elevations can also be achieved by a core of the through-opening, having for example a cross section similar to a segment of a circle, with a central angle measured symmetrically with respect to the central axis of more than 180 .
In a further embodiment, the device according to the invention comprises two connecting bodies each with a clamping body and each with a locking screw, the two connecting bodies being connected to one another by transverse rods which can be telescoped in one another.
This embodiment of the device according to the invention is suitable as a transverse connector between two longitudinal members, for example within a spinal column implant.
Instead of the telescopic transverse rods, sleeves which are attached to the connecting bodies as coupling means for displaceably receiving a transverse rod are also conceivable.
In order that the longitudinal member can be inserted more easily into the through-opening from the entry in the direction of the central axis, the free ends of the clamping body may also be provided with jaws which are designed in such a way that the cross section of the through-opening narrows from the entry towards the elevations.
Further application possibilities are that a connecting body is connected by means of the transverse rod for example to a bone anchorage element or a pedicle screw.
The invention and developments of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to the partially schematic representations of several exemplary embodiments.
In the drawings:
Figure 1 shows a perspective representation of an embodiment of the device according to the invention;
Figure 2 shows a section through a variant of the embodiment of the device according to the invention represented in Figure 1;
Figure 3 shows a section through a further variant of the embodiment of the device according to the invention represented in Figure 1;
Figure 4 shows a perspective representation of a further embodiment of the device according to the invention;
Figure 5 shows a section through the embodiment of the device according to the invention represented in Figure 4;
Figure 6 shows a perspective representation of a further embodiment of the device according to the invention;
Figure 7 shows a section through the embodiment of the device according to the invention represented in Figure 6; and Figure 8 shows a section through a further embodiment of the device according to the invention.
In Figures 1 and 2, the device according to the invention is represented in an embodiment as a connecting element 4 between a longitudinal member 1 and a transverse rod 3. In this embodiment, the device comprises a yoke-like connecting body 2, symmetrical with respect to a central axis 5, with a through-bore 6 coaxial with respect to the central axis 5, a hollow-cylindrical clamping body 7, which is displaceable in the through-bore 6 parallel to the central axis 5, and a fixation means 9 for fixing the longitudinal member 1 within the device.
The yoke-like connecting body 2 is arranged within the device in such a way that the two side walls 8 run in the direction of the central axis 5. The free space 25 lying within the side walls 8 has side faces 24 converging towards the through-bore 6, achieving the effect that the longitudinal member 1 passing through the free space 25 can be fastened within an angular range of between 750 and 105 with respect to the end face 26 of the connecting body 2 in the latter. The through-bore 6 is configured with portions 28; 29; 30;
31; 32; 33 of different diameters in such a way that, at the end 27 on the fixation means side, a cylindrical portion 28 with a relief 29 runs into a portion 30 having a smaller diameter, whereby a first shoulder 34 is produced, after which the portion 30 in turn runs into a portion 31 having a smaller diameter, whereby a second shoulder 35 is produced, the portion 31 runs into a second relief 32, and after that, up to the end 28 on the clamping body side, there follows a portion 33 provided with a serration 37 running parallel to the central axis S. The outside diameter of the serrated portion 33 is greater than the diameter of the portion 31, so that a third shoulder 36 is produced. The two shoulders 34 and 35 serve as stops in the direction of the end 28 on the clamping body side, while the locking screw 43, serving as fixation means 9, also serves as a stop in the direction of the end 27 on the fixation means side. Provided on the outside of the connecting body 2, perpendicularly with respect to the central axis 5, is a transverse rod 3, which makes possible a connection to other parts of the implant as a whole.
The likewise yoke-like clamping body 7 comprises a hollow cylinder 10, running concentrically with respect to the central axis 5, with free ends 15; 50 on the longitudinal member side, an upper end 14 on the fixation means side and a through-opening 16 with a longitudinal axis 17 running ahead [sic] at right angles with respect to the central axis 5. The through-opening 16 is constricted towards the lower end 15 by means of wedge-like elevations 47 and 48, tapering towards the upper end 14, and is open, so that the clamping body 7 is given a U-like shape, open towards the free ends 15; 50, with side walls 19; 20 designed in the form of clamps towards the through-opening 16. The through-opening 16 is symmetrical with respect to the plane 21, which contains the central axis 5 and the longitudinal axis 17, and encloses a cylindrical' core with the diameter D for receiving the longitudinal member 1. Towards the upper end 14, the through-opening 16 runs into a slit 18, parallel to the plane 21 and closed off towards the upper end 14, and towards the lower end 15 runs into a part with side faces 22; 23 parallel to the plane 21 and bounding the elevations 47; 48. The distance A, viewed at right angles with respect to the plane 21, between these two side faces 22; 23 is smaller than the diameter D and, in the embodiment described here, is 95% of the diameter D. The clamping body 7 has a portion 40, adjoining the lower ends 15; 50 on the longitudinal member side, with a serration 38, which corresponds to the serration 37 in the connecting body 2. Adjoining the upper end 14 on the fixation means side is a portion 39 which has a greater diameter than the hollow cylinder 10, the diameter of this portion 39 corresponding to the diameter of the portion 30 in the connecting body 2, so that sliding-out of the clamping body 7 in the direction of the lower end 28 of the connecting body 2 in the fitted state is prevented by the second shoulder 35. For fitting the clamping body 7, the portion 39 of the clamping body 7 is pressed through by the portion 31 having a smaller diameter in the connecting body 2, so that the portion 39 is elastically deformed and springs out again in the portion 30.
Sliding-out of the clamping body 7 in the direction of the upper end 27 of the connecting body 2 is prevented by the locking screw 43. The serrations 37; 38 allow that, on the one hand, the clamping body 7 can be fitted in the connecting body 2 at different rotational angles about the central axis 5 and, on the other hand, the clamping body 7 cannot twist with respect to the connecting body 2 in the fitted state, even when relatively great torques occur through the longitudinal member 1 fastened in the clamping body 7.
Moreover, the bore 11 in the clamping body 7 is provided on its part adjoining the upper end 14 with an internal thread 12.
The fixation means 9 is designed as a locking screw 43 with an external thread 13 corresponding to the internal thread 12, a screw head 41 and a hexagon socket 42. The screw head 41 is cylindrically shaped and has two portions 44; 45, the portion 45 on the thread side having a greater diameter, so that this portion 45 engages in the relief 29 and consequently the locking screw 43 is fixed in the direction of the central axis 5, but is freely rotatable about the central axis S. For fitting the locking screw 43, the portion 45 of the locking screw 43 is pressed through by the portion 28 having the smaller diameter in the connecting body 2, so that the portion 45 is elastically deformed and springs out again in the portion 29.
The clamp-like and resilient side walls 19; 20 of the clamping body 7 allow snapping-in of the longitudinal member 1 from the lower end 15. Once the longitudinal member 1 has been placed into the through-opening 16, the clamping body 7 is drawn into the through-bore 6 of the connecting body 2, by tightening of the locking screw 43, until the end 46 of the locking screw 43 on the clamping body side presses onto the longitudinal member 1. With further tightening of the locking screw 43, the longitudinal member 1 is pressed with a force F
against the elevations 47; 48. The circular cross section of the longitudinal member 1 and the wedge shape of the elevations 47; 48 have the effect that the force F is also given a component acting perpendicularly with respect to the central axis 5, whereby the side walls 19; 20 are pressed away from the central axis 5 towards the through-bore 6 of the connecting body 2 and consequently the clamping body 7 and the longitudinal member 1 are fixed within the connecting body 2. In order that the end 46 of the locking screw 43 on the clamping body side presses onto the longitudinal member 1, and not for instance the upper limitation 49 of the free space 29, the locking screw 43 must penetrate into the connecting body 2 by a length X which is greater than the dimension Y which is obtained from the difference between the height R of the connecting body 2 and the depth T of the free space 25. The following applies as a condition for this case of the clamping effect:
X > H - T
In Figures 1 and 2, the device according to the invention is represented in an embodiment as a connecting element 4 between a longitudinal member 1 and a transverse rod 3. In this embodiment, the device comprises a yoke-like connecting body 2, symmetrical with respect to a central axis 5, with a through-bore 6 coaxial with respect to the central axis 5, a hollow-cylindrical clamping body 7, which is displaceable in the through-bore 6 parallel to the central axis 5, and a fixation means 9 for fixing the longitudinal member 1 within the device.
The yoke-like connecting body 2 is arranged within the device in such a way that the two side walls 8 run in the direction of the central axis 5. The free space 25 lying within the side walls 8 has side faces 24 converging towards the through-bore 6, achieving the effect that the longitudinal member 1 passing through the free space 25 can be fastened within an angular range of between 750 and 105 with respect to the end face 26 of the connecting body 2 in the latter. The through-bore 6 is configured with portions 28; 29; 30;
31; 32; 33 of different diameters in such a way that, at the end 27 on the fixation means side, a cylindrical portion 28 with a relief 29 runs into a portion 30 having a smaller diameter, whereby a first shoulder 34 is produced, after which the portion 30 in turn runs into a portion 31 having a smaller diameter, whereby a second shoulder 35 is produced, the portion 31 runs into a second relief 32, and after that, up to the end 28 on the clamping body side, there follows a portion 33 provided with a serration 37 running parallel to the central axis S. The outside diameter of the serrated portion 33 is greater than the diameter of the portion 31, so that a third shoulder 36 is produced. The two shoulders 34 and 35 serve as stops in the direction of the end 28 on the clamping body side, while the locking screw 43, serving as fixation means 9, also serves as a stop in the direction of the end 27 on the fixation means side. Provided on the outside of the connecting body 2, perpendicularly with respect to the central axis 5, is a transverse rod 3, which makes possible a connection to other parts of the implant as a whole.
The likewise yoke-like clamping body 7 comprises a hollow cylinder 10, running concentrically with respect to the central axis 5, with free ends 15; 50 on the longitudinal member side, an upper end 14 on the fixation means side and a through-opening 16 with a longitudinal axis 17 running ahead [sic] at right angles with respect to the central axis 5. The through-opening 16 is constricted towards the lower end 15 by means of wedge-like elevations 47 and 48, tapering towards the upper end 14, and is open, so that the clamping body 7 is given a U-like shape, open towards the free ends 15; 50, with side walls 19; 20 designed in the form of clamps towards the through-opening 16. The through-opening 16 is symmetrical with respect to the plane 21, which contains the central axis 5 and the longitudinal axis 17, and encloses a cylindrical' core with the diameter D for receiving the longitudinal member 1. Towards the upper end 14, the through-opening 16 runs into a slit 18, parallel to the plane 21 and closed off towards the upper end 14, and towards the lower end 15 runs into a part with side faces 22; 23 parallel to the plane 21 and bounding the elevations 47; 48. The distance A, viewed at right angles with respect to the plane 21, between these two side faces 22; 23 is smaller than the diameter D and, in the embodiment described here, is 95% of the diameter D. The clamping body 7 has a portion 40, adjoining the lower ends 15; 50 on the longitudinal member side, with a serration 38, which corresponds to the serration 37 in the connecting body 2. Adjoining the upper end 14 on the fixation means side is a portion 39 which has a greater diameter than the hollow cylinder 10, the diameter of this portion 39 corresponding to the diameter of the portion 30 in the connecting body 2, so that sliding-out of the clamping body 7 in the direction of the lower end 28 of the connecting body 2 in the fitted state is prevented by the second shoulder 35. For fitting the clamping body 7, the portion 39 of the clamping body 7 is pressed through by the portion 31 having a smaller diameter in the connecting body 2, so that the portion 39 is elastically deformed and springs out again in the portion 30.
Sliding-out of the clamping body 7 in the direction of the upper end 27 of the connecting body 2 is prevented by the locking screw 43. The serrations 37; 38 allow that, on the one hand, the clamping body 7 can be fitted in the connecting body 2 at different rotational angles about the central axis 5 and, on the other hand, the clamping body 7 cannot twist with respect to the connecting body 2 in the fitted state, even when relatively great torques occur through the longitudinal member 1 fastened in the clamping body 7.
Moreover, the bore 11 in the clamping body 7 is provided on its part adjoining the upper end 14 with an internal thread 12.
The fixation means 9 is designed as a locking screw 43 with an external thread 13 corresponding to the internal thread 12, a screw head 41 and a hexagon socket 42. The screw head 41 is cylindrically shaped and has two portions 44; 45, the portion 45 on the thread side having a greater diameter, so that this portion 45 engages in the relief 29 and consequently the locking screw 43 is fixed in the direction of the central axis 5, but is freely rotatable about the central axis S. For fitting the locking screw 43, the portion 45 of the locking screw 43 is pressed through by the portion 28 having the smaller diameter in the connecting body 2, so that the portion 45 is elastically deformed and springs out again in the portion 29.
The clamp-like and resilient side walls 19; 20 of the clamping body 7 allow snapping-in of the longitudinal member 1 from the lower end 15. Once the longitudinal member 1 has been placed into the through-opening 16, the clamping body 7 is drawn into the through-bore 6 of the connecting body 2, by tightening of the locking screw 43, until the end 46 of the locking screw 43 on the clamping body side presses onto the longitudinal member 1. With further tightening of the locking screw 43, the longitudinal member 1 is pressed with a force F
against the elevations 47; 48. The circular cross section of the longitudinal member 1 and the wedge shape of the elevations 47; 48 have the effect that the force F is also given a component acting perpendicularly with respect to the central axis 5, whereby the side walls 19; 20 are pressed away from the central axis 5 towards the through-bore 6 of the connecting body 2 and consequently the clamping body 7 and the longitudinal member 1 are fixed within the connecting body 2. In order that the end 46 of the locking screw 43 on the clamping body side presses onto the longitudinal member 1, and not for instance the upper limitation 49 of the free space 29, the locking screw 43 must penetrate into the connecting body 2 by a length X which is greater than the dimension Y which is obtained from the difference between the height R of the connecting body 2 and the depth T of the free space 25. The following applies as a condition for this case of the clamping effect:
X > H - T
Represented in Figure 3 is an embodiment of the device according to the invention which differs from the variant described in Figures 1 and 2 only in that just the upper limitation 49 of the free space 25 presses from above onto the longitudinal member 1 and presses it against the elevations 47; 48 on the side walls 19;
20 of the clamping body 7. In order that the upper limitation 49 of the free space 25 and not the end 46 of the locking screw 43 on the clamping body side presses onto the longitudinal member 1, the connecting body 2 and the locking screw 43 are designed in such a way that the locking screw 43 penetrates into the connecting body 2 only by a length X which is less than the dimension Y which is obtained from the difference between the height H of the connecting body 2 and the depth T of the free space 25. The following applies as a condition for this case of the clamping effect:
X<H-T
The device according to the invention is represented in Figures 4 and 5 in an embodiment as a transverse connector between two longitudinal members 1. In this embodiment, the device comprises two connecting bodies 2 each with a clamping body 7 and each with a locking screw 43. The two connecting bodies 2 are connected to one another by transverse rods 3; 51 which can be telescoped in one another. The outer one of the transverse rods 51 is shaped like a hollow cylinder by means of a bore 52 with a longitudinal axis 53. The bore 52 is dimensioned in such a way that the inner transverse rod 3 can slide in it and can be displaced in the direction of the longitudinal axis 53.
Moreover, the transverse rod 51 is provided with a bore 54, running transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis 53 and with an internal thread 55 in such a way that the two transverse rods can be blocked in relation to one another in the direction of the longitudinal axis 53 by means of a fixing screw 57 which can be screwed into the internal thread 55. At the end of the inner transverse rod 3 remote from the connecting body 2, four slits 56 are provided, distributed over the cross section of the said rod, in such a way that the inner transverse rod 3 in this region is resilient transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis 53. Likewise provided at the end of the inner transverse rod 3 remote from the connecting body 2 are stops 62 in the form of sectors of a ring, which have a greater diameter than the remaining transverse rod 3. This achieves the effect that, when the two transverse rods 3; 51 are pulled apart, the stops 62 which are resilient transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis 53 snap into a relief 63 in the bore 52 and, when the transverse rods 3; 51 are pulled further apart, strike against the end face 61 of the relief 63 remote from the connecting body 2, whereby unwanted sliding-apart of the two transverse rods 3; 51 is prevented.
The embodiment represented in Figures 6 and 7 differs from the embodiment represented in Figures 4 and 5 only in that the clamping body 7 is provided with centring jaws 58; 59, which adjoin the portion 40 and extend towards the free ends 15; 50. These centring jaws 58;
59 are shaped in such a way that, from the free end 15;
50 towards the elevations 47; 48, the cross section of the through-opening 16 narrows towards the central axis S. Moreover, in a longitudinal section running parallel to the plane 21, the centring jaws 58; 59 taper towards the free ends 15; 50. This achieves the effect that, when a longitudinal member is inserted into the through-opening 16, the clamping body 7 is turned about the central axis 5 in such a way that the longitudinal axis 17 of the through-opening 16 is aligned parallel to the axis of this longitudinal member 1.
20 of the clamping body 7. In order that the upper limitation 49 of the free space 25 and not the end 46 of the locking screw 43 on the clamping body side presses onto the longitudinal member 1, the connecting body 2 and the locking screw 43 are designed in such a way that the locking screw 43 penetrates into the connecting body 2 only by a length X which is less than the dimension Y which is obtained from the difference between the height H of the connecting body 2 and the depth T of the free space 25. The following applies as a condition for this case of the clamping effect:
X<H-T
The device according to the invention is represented in Figures 4 and 5 in an embodiment as a transverse connector between two longitudinal members 1. In this embodiment, the device comprises two connecting bodies 2 each with a clamping body 7 and each with a locking screw 43. The two connecting bodies 2 are connected to one another by transverse rods 3; 51 which can be telescoped in one another. The outer one of the transverse rods 51 is shaped like a hollow cylinder by means of a bore 52 with a longitudinal axis 53. The bore 52 is dimensioned in such a way that the inner transverse rod 3 can slide in it and can be displaced in the direction of the longitudinal axis 53.
Moreover, the transverse rod 51 is provided with a bore 54, running transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis 53 and with an internal thread 55 in such a way that the two transverse rods can be blocked in relation to one another in the direction of the longitudinal axis 53 by means of a fixing screw 57 which can be screwed into the internal thread 55. At the end of the inner transverse rod 3 remote from the connecting body 2, four slits 56 are provided, distributed over the cross section of the said rod, in such a way that the inner transverse rod 3 in this region is resilient transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis 53. Likewise provided at the end of the inner transverse rod 3 remote from the connecting body 2 are stops 62 in the form of sectors of a ring, which have a greater diameter than the remaining transverse rod 3. This achieves the effect that, when the two transverse rods 3; 51 are pulled apart, the stops 62 which are resilient transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis 53 snap into a relief 63 in the bore 52 and, when the transverse rods 3; 51 are pulled further apart, strike against the end face 61 of the relief 63 remote from the connecting body 2, whereby unwanted sliding-apart of the two transverse rods 3; 51 is prevented.
The embodiment represented in Figures 6 and 7 differs from the embodiment represented in Figures 4 and 5 only in that the clamping body 7 is provided with centring jaws 58; 59, which adjoin the portion 40 and extend towards the free ends 15; 50. These centring jaws 58;
59 are shaped in such a way that, from the free end 15;
50 towards the elevations 47; 48, the cross section of the through-opening 16 narrows towards the central axis S. Moreover, in a longitudinal section running parallel to the plane 21, the centring jaws 58; 59 taper towards the free ends 15; 50. This achieves the effect that, when a longitudinal member is inserted into the through-opening 16, the clamping body 7 is turned about the central axis 5 in such a way that the longitudinal axis 17 of the through-opening 16 is aligned parallel to the axis of this longitudinal member 1.
Represented in Figure 8 is' an embodiment which comprises two connecting bodies 2 connected by a rod 67, with a locking screw 43 and a clamping body 7. The two connecting bodies 2 differ from the connecting body 2 represented in Figure 1 only by the design of the coupling means 64. In the embodiment represented here, each connecting body 2 comprises as a coupling means 64 a sleeve 65, which has perpendicularly with respect to the central axis 5 a bore 66 formed as a blind hole and with a longitudinal axis 69. A rod 67 can be inserted into the bore 66 in such a way that two connecting bodies 2 can be connected to one another in alignment with the axis 69 by means of this rod 67. For fastening the rod 67 in the bore 66, the sleeve 65 is provided with a bore 73 with an internal thread 71, the longitudinal axis 70 of which runs transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis 69 and intersects it.
A stud bolt 68, which allows the rod 67 to be fixed within the bore 66, is screwed into this internal thread 71. For tightening and loosening, the stud bolt 68 is provided with a hexagon socket 72. Since the rod 67 can be displaced in the bore 66, the distance between the two connecting bodies 2 which can be fastened to the rod 67 can be set within certain limits. The device according to Figure 8 may be equipped with clamping bodies 7 according to Figure 1 or according to Figures 6 and 7.
A stud bolt 68, which allows the rod 67 to be fixed within the bore 66, is screwed into this internal thread 71. For tightening and loosening, the stud bolt 68 is provided with a hexagon socket 72. Since the rod 67 can be displaced in the bore 66, the distance between the two connecting bodies 2 which can be fastened to the rod 67 can be set within certain limits. The device according to Figure 8 may be equipped with clamping bodies 7 according to Figure 1 or according to Figures 6 and 7.
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1. A device for connecting at least one longitudinal spinal rod, the device comprising:
a connecting body having a pair of opposed sidewalls extending therefrom defining an opening there between; and a through-bore disposed about a central axis oriented substantially transverse to the opening;
a clamping body sized and configured to be received in the through-bore of the connecting body, the clamping body having a pair of opposed resilient side walls extending therefrom defining a rod receiving recess there between sized and configured to snap onto and initially retain the spinal rod in order to resist removal thereof generally in the direction of the central axis; the clamping body further including an internally threaded through-bore disposed about the central axis; and an external threaded fastener sized and configured to engage the internally threaded through-bore; wherein rotation of the fastener moves the clamping body into the through-bore of the connecting body to secure the position of the spinal rod with respect to the device.
a connecting body having a pair of opposed sidewalls extending therefrom defining an opening there between; and a through-bore disposed about a central axis oriented substantially transverse to the opening;
a clamping body sized and configured to be received in the through-bore of the connecting body, the clamping body having a pair of opposed resilient side walls extending therefrom defining a rod receiving recess there between sized and configured to snap onto and initially retain the spinal rod in order to resist removal thereof generally in the direction of the central axis; the clamping body further including an internally threaded through-bore disposed about the central axis; and an external threaded fastener sized and configured to engage the internally threaded through-bore; wherein rotation of the fastener moves the clamping body into the through-bore of the connecting body to secure the position of the spinal rod with respect to the device.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the rod receiving recess of the clamping body defines a rod engaging surface which contacts approximately 200° to about 250° of the outer circumference of the spinal rod.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the rod receiving recess of the clamping body defines a rod engaging surface which contacts approximately 210° to about 240° of the outer circumference of the spinal rod.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the connecting body and the clamping body are positively engageable with respect to each other by serrated surfaces.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein the connecting body has a first end and a second end disposed about the central axis, with the fastener received in the first end and the clamping body received in the second end.
6. The device of claim 5, wherein:
the fastener is provided with a head having a first portion proximate the external threads and a second portion remote from the external threads, the first portion having a greater diameter than the second portion;
the through-bore of the connecting body is provided with a relief disposed proximate the first end;
wherein the first portion of the head mates with the relief to resist removal of the fastener from the through bore in the general direction of the central axis.
the fastener is provided with a head having a first portion proximate the external threads and a second portion remote from the external threads, the first portion having a greater diameter than the second portion;
the through-bore of the connecting body is provided with a relief disposed proximate the first end;
wherein the first portion of the head mates with the relief to resist removal of the fastener from the through bore in the general direction of the central axis.
7. The device of claim 5, wherein the connecting body has a first height defined parallel to the central axis between the ends, and the opening of the connecting body has a second height defined parallel to the central axis between an uppermost limitation of the opening and the second end, wherein the fastener has a length greater than the difference between the first height and the second height.
8. The device of claim 5, wherein the connecting body has a first height defined parallel to the central axis between the ends, and the opening of the connecting body has a second height defined parallel to the central axis between an uppermost limitation of the opening and the second end, wherein the fastener has a length less than the difference between the first height and the second height.
9. The device of claim 1, wherein the rod receiving recess of the clamping body has a circular cross-section.
10. The device of claim 9, wherein the clamping body has a first end and a second end, the first end defining an open region between the resilient side walls of the clamping body, the open region having a first length extending between the resilient side walls, the clamping body having a second maximum length extending between the resilient side walls at a location other than at the open region, the first length is between about 85% to about 98%
of the second length.
of the second length.
11. The device of claim 10, wherein the first length is between about 92% to about 98% of the second length.
12. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the resilient side walls has a free end provided with a protrusion thereon, the protrusions opposing each other.
13. The device of claim 12, wherein the protrusions are wedge-shaped.
14. The device of claim 1, further comprising a coupling disposed on a longitudinal axis oriented transverse to the central axis for connecting to a rod.
15. The device of claim 14, wherein the coupling comprises a sleeve with a central bore disposed about the longitudinal axis.
16. The device of claim 15, wherein the coupling further comprises a fastener bore disposed transverse to the longitudinal axis, and a fastener that is received in the fastener bore for fixing the rod in the central bore.
17. The device of claim 1, further comprising a transverse rod coupled to the connecting body transverse to the central axis.
18. The device of claim 1, wherein the resilient side walls of the clamping body each have a free end with a centering jaw thereon.
19. The device of claim 18, wherein the centering jaws are configured and dimensioned to taper the rod receiving recess of the clamping body proximate the free ends.
20. The device of claim 1, comprising a first device and a second device, wherein the first device includes an inner transverse rod and the second device includes an outer transverse rod having an internal bore sized and configured to receive the inner transverse rod so that the inner transverse rod is telescopic with respect to the outer transverse rod.
21. The device of claim 1, comprising two devices, wherein each device is provided with a coupling having a bore disposed on a longitudinal axis oriented transverse to the central axis, wherein the devices are coupled by a rod received in each of the bores on the longitudinal axis.
22. The device of claim 1, further comprising a coupling disposed on a longitudinal axis oriented transverse to the central axis for connecting the device to a bone anchorage element.
23. The device of claim 1, further comprising a coupling disposed on a longitudinal axis oriented transverse to the central axis for connecting the device to a pedicle screw.
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