Medical device and method to correct deformity

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A - Human Necessities

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A61B 17/70 (2006.01) A61B 17/86 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2689965

A system (100) for correcting a spinal deformity includes an implant (104) fixed to one side of a vertebra and a rod (102) extending along an axis of the spine on a second side of the vertebra. An adjustment member (106), which may include a reel, is coupled to the rod (102). A force direct-ing member (108), such as a cable, extends between the rod (102) and the adjustment member (106). The force directing member (106) is retractable toward and extendible from the adjustment member (106). A method of correcting spinal deformity includes providing an implant, a rod, an adjustment member coupled to the rod, and a force directing member extending between the rod and the adjustment member. The adjustment member is retractable toward and extendible from the adjustment member.

La présente invention concerne un système (100) permettant de corriger une difformité vertébrale comprenant un implant (104) fixé sur un côté d'une vertèbre et une tige (102) s'étendant le long d'un axe de la colonne vertébrale sur un second côté de la vertèbre. Un élément d'ajustement (106), qui peut comprendre une bobine, est couplé à la tige (102). Un élément d'application de force (108), tel qu'un câble, s'étend entre la tige (102) et l'élément d'ajustement (106). L'élément d'application de force (108) peut se rétracter vers l'élément d'ajustement (106) et s'étendre depuis celui-ci. L'invention concerne également un procédé de correction de difformité qui comprend d'apporter un implant, une tige, un élément d'ajustement couplé à la tige, et un élément d'application de force s'étendant entre la tige et l'élément d'ajustement. L'élément d'application de force peut se rétracter vers l'élément d'ajustement et s'étendre depuis celui-ci.

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