Pedicle Oblique Support Pillar

Reference #:

2001-087

Inventors/Contributors

Chunfeng Zhao, M.D., Kai-Nan An, Ph.D., Bradford L. Currier, M.D., Patricia G. Neale, Fredrick M. Schultz, Chao Yang, M.D.

Description

Pedicle oblique support pillar system; shares loads applied to pedicle implant in spine fracture fixation; reduces large bending moments, re-deformity, screw loosening, bending, or breakage; also may be utilized in spinal segmental unit fixation and fusion.

Patent Status

	U.S. Patent Number 7,060,066 Issued June 13, 2006