| US 7,569,070 B2 | ||
| Rod connector | ||
| Nobumasa Suzuki, Tokyo (Japan); Yutaka Nohara, Koshigaya (Japan); Shinnosuke Nakahara, Okayama (Japan); Shigenobu Sato, Sapporo (Japan); Kazumasa Ueyama, Hirosaki (Japan); Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Niigata (Japan); Kazuya Oribe, Tokyo (Japan); and Hiroshi Takamido, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Showa Ika Kohgyo Co., Ltd., Aichi-ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 06, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/326,412. | ||
| Application 11/326412 is a division of application No. 10/659297, filed on Sep. 11, 2003. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. P2002-267299 (JP), filed on Sep. 12, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0129150 A1, Jun. 15, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 606—278 [606/266] | 11 Claims |
| 1. A rod connector comprising:
a connector main body including a rod supporting portion configured for supporting a rod, said rod supporting portion comprising
a recess for engaging the rod and a recess for engaging a spherical end portion of a shank swingably attached to the rod connector;
a rod pressing member positioned within an interior of said connector main body, said rod pressing member provided with a
rod pressing portion opposing the rod supporting portion, said rod pressing member comprising a recess for engaging the rod
and a recess for engaging the spherical end portion of the shank; and
a pressure fixing device for pressure fixing the rod via the rod pressing member.
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