AU762883B2 - Connecting apparatus using shape-memory technology - Google Patents

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AU762883B2
AU762883B2 AU40213/00A AU4021300A AU762883B2 AU 762883 B2 AU762883 B2 AU 762883B2 AU 40213/00 A AU40213/00 A AU 40213/00A AU 4021300 A AU4021300 A AU 4021300A AU 762883 B2 AU762883 B2 AU 762883B2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/56—Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor
    • A61B17/58—Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor for osteosynthesis, e.g. bone plates, screws or setting implements
    • A61B17/68—Internal fixation devices, including fasteners and spinal fixators, even if a part thereof projects from the skin
    • A61B17/70—Spinal positioners or stabilisers, e.g. stabilisers comprising fluid filler in an implant
    • A61B17/7001—Screws or hooks combined with longitudinal elements which do not contact vertebrae
    • A61B17/7041—Screws or hooks combined with longitudinal elements which do not contact vertebrae with single longitudinal rod offset laterally from single row of screws or hooks
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B2017/00831—Material properties
    • A61B2017/00867—Material properties shape memory effect

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  • Connection Of Plates (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)
  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
  • Mutual Connection Of Rods And Tubes (AREA)
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