CA2123687A1 - Anterior thoracolumbar plate - Google Patents
Anterior thoracolumbar plateInfo
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Abstract
An internal anterior fixation system (10) for treatment of vertebral burst fractures includes an elongated plate (11) which includes integral superior (12), inferior (20) and bridge portions (25). The superior (12) and inferior (20) portions are provided for fixation to corresponding vertebrae while the bridge portion (25) spans between the portions over the affected vertebra. The superior portion (12) includes a pair of generally parallel elongated slots (15) therethrough each having scallops (40, 42) for receiving a bone fixation screw (22). The inferior portion (20) includes a pair of openings (21) through which fixation screws or bolts extend. The slots (15) in the superior portion (12) allow for compression or distraction of the intermediate vertebral region. The openings (21) in the inferior portion (20) are oriented at an oblique angle (A) relative to the axis of the plate to provide a quadrilateral fixation construct. The bridge portion (25) has a width (W) significantly less than the width of the superior and inferior fixation portions.
Description
W094/0636~ PCT/US93/0~433 ANTERIOR THORACOLUMBAR PLATE
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns devices for the anterior ~ fixation of the spine. In particular, the present invention j 5 relates to a plate for the fixation of thoracic or lumbar vertebra. The plate of the present invention has particular application in situations where vertebral body corpectomies are performed, such as burst fractures with significant spinal canal compromise or vertebral body tumors~
Fractures of the spine commonly occur at the thoracolumbar junction, an~ particular in the T-ll, T-l~, L-l or L~2 vertebrae. In the past, treatment of burst fractures involved prolonged bed rest in a body cast and/or a brace.
Harrington rods were the first widely successful devices implementing internal fixation for treatment of a vertebral burst fracture. The Harrington rods involved posterior distraction of the spine and allowed some reduction and restoration of vertebral height by means of distraction.
However, the inability of Harrington rods to reduce a kyphosis or to clear the spinal canal completely were major disadvantages of this approach.
To improve reduction, posterior distraction systems were rnodified with the use of contoured rods, sleeves for the rods, improved hooks and sublaminar wires. However, with these posterior distraction systems, it was usually recommended that the spina~ fusion include 2 vertebral levels caudad to the fracture and 2 or 3 levels cephalad to the fracture. The posterior approach, even to this level of advancement, was still less than an optimum solution to the problem of treatment of thoracolumbar burst ractures.
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In the early 1980's an anterior approach was developed for treatment of burst fractures. Improved scanning techniques allowed visualization of bone fragments.that were pres~nt with burst fractures, so that attention could then be directed toward complete decompression of the canal as a way to provide the best environment for neurological recovery.
Various fixation devices have been developed since that time based upon this theory of internal anterior treatment of burst fractures. However, the anterior approach has in some cases lead to increased operative morbidity due to the very difficult nature of the procedure. In addition risk to the vascular network as well as comple~e clearance of the spinal :~ canal has been a problem with many of the anterior fixation approaches. Most of the prior internal anterior systems suffer from a great degree of complexity.
One such system is the Kanada device marketed by Acromed, Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio. The Kanada device utilizes vertebral body stap~es through which fixation screws are placed into the vertebral body. Rods are then engaged between the screws in the superior and inferior vertebral bodies. Normally two screws are placed in each body, therefore requiring two rods between the vertebrae. The rods are threaded ~t their ends to allow compression and j,~ distraction.
;4' 25 Another device marketed by Zimmer, provides an an~erior spinal fixation system indica~ed for treatme~t of tumors or thoracolumbar burst fractures. This device is described in the patent to Dunn, no. 4,289~123, which issued on September 15, 1981. This device is similar to the Kanada device in that it uses rods between the superior and inferior vertebrae. A pair of large plates contoured to the vertebrae are engaged by way o a number of screws.
Several plating systems have been developed or anterior ~i~ internal fixation of the spine. One of these plates, the Syracuse I-plate provides a number of differently sized ~' ,i : - ~J
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I-shaped plates w~lich are engaged across the burst fracture.
However, the Syracuse I-plate does not allow for compression or distraction of a bone graft between the superigr and inferior vertebrae.
Acrorned Inc. markets a contoured anterior spinal fixation plate (CASF plate) which is indicated for treatment of lumbar burst fractures and tumors. The plate includes a number of screw openings through the contoured plate. The number of openings simply provide different locations for 10 engaging a bone screw to the vertebra, and does not lend itself to compression or distraction of a bone yraft. Duma International of Taipai, Taiwan, offers the Stafix plating system which includes a plate that has a number of screw holes and a single screw slot. The Stafix plate permits quadrilateral placement of bone screws, but is not readily adapted for compression or distraction. Moreover, this plate, as with the aforementioned anterior plates, lack the ability to provide rigid or semi-rigid fixation using bone screws or bone bolts.
Even with these prior anterior internal fixation systems, there remains a need for a plate and screw system for the efficient management of thoracolumbar burst fractures and tumors. There is a need for such a system which permits anterior lo~d sharing, as well as compression and distraction~ The system must also be easy to implant, to thereby reduce operative morbidity.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
Figure 1 is a side elevational view of an inte,rnal anterior thoracolumbar plate according to the present invention affixed between superior and inferior vertebrae about a burst fracture.
Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of one end of the anterior thoracolumbar plate shown in Figure l, taken along line 2-2 as viewed in the direction of the arrows.
Figure 3 is a top elevational view of an anterior thoracolumbar plate similar to the plate shown in Figure l ~ but having a shorter length.
J, Figure 4 is a side cross sectional view of the plate shown in Figure 3, taken along line 4-4 as viewed in the direction of the arrows, particularly illustrating the scalloped configuration of the plate slots and screw openings.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended, such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated device, and such further applications of the principles of the invention as illus~rated therein being contemplat~d as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the invention relates.
j Referring first to FIG. 1, an anterior thoracolumbar ¦ ~ plate system 10 in accordance with the present invention is ¦; 15 illustrated. The system 10 includes a specially configured plate ll engaged hetween superior vertebrae Vl an~ inferior vertebra V2. The plate ll spans a vertebra V3 having a burst fracture F . The vertebra V3 can have been subjected to a vertebral body corpectomy, such as for a tumor resection. Alternatively, the present invention has application in situations where a vertebral bone graft spans between the in~erior and sup~rior vertPbrae.
The plate ll includes three distinct portions. The first portion, the superior portion 12, includes a pair of slots 15 formed therein. Each of the slots 15 is configured to receive a bone fixation element 16 therethrough. At the opposite end of the plate, the inferior portion 20 includes openings 21 therethrough to also receive a fixation element, such as a bone bolt or bone screw, for engagement with vertebra V2. The superior and inferior portions 12 and 20, ~ respectively, are interconnected by a bridge portion 25 which ¦ portion is con igured to span the burst fracture vertebra . As shown by a comparison of the plates shown in FIG~.
1 and 3, the distance between the superior and inferior W094/~6360 PCT/US93/08433 ~
~123687 -6-portions 12 and 20 can be changed by modifying the length of the bridge portion 25.
It is understood that this bridge portion 25 ~a~ be lengthened or shorten d depending upon the total length of the plate 11 required for the particuiar vertebral anatomy.
The plate must be long enough for the fixation portions 12 and 20 to find sufficient solid purchase on the respective superior and inferior vertebrae. The overall length of the thoracolumbar plate of the present invention can be provided in half inch increments between 2.5 inches and 5.0 inches, depending upon the spinal anatomy and the number of vertebrae to ~e spanned by the plate.
The particular configuration of the anterior thoracolumbar plate 11 of the present invention is an important feature of the invention. For instance, all of the corners of the plate are rounded. Specifically, the corners 30 of the superior portion 12 and the ends 32 of the inferior portion 20 are rounded. In addition~ the transition 34 between the superior portion 12 and bridge portion 25 is smoothly contoured, as is the transition 36 between the irlferior portion 20 and the bridge 25. This "rounded"
profile of the plate ll reduces the trauma to surrounding tissue when the plate is implanted.
In another important aspect, the transverse width of the bridge portion 25 is smaller than the width of the fixation portions 12 and 20 of the plate 11. Unlike prior anterior plates, the plate 11 of the present invention limits the wider plate portions to those portions that directly interface the vertebrae. It has been found that the reduced profile of the bridge portion facilitates the plate's insertion and minimizes trauma to surrounding tissue, without sacrificing the ability of the plate to maintain stable fixation of th~ region. Preferably, the width W of the j bridge portion 25 is slightly larger than the distance between the centerlines CL of the two slots 16 in the ~ W094/06360 PCT/US93/~33 21236~7 i superior portion 12 of the plate. In one specific embodiment, this width is 0.5 inches.
To facilitate fi~ation of the plate 11 to the .ve-rtebrae, the underside llb of the plate 11 is curved to match the 5 outer curvature of the vertebral body of the vertebra V2, as shown in FIG. 2. The underside of the plate is curved at a radius R, which in one specific e~bodiment can range ~etween 1.0 and 1.5 inches depending upon the anatomy of the vertebrae to which the plate is affixed.
Referring now to FIG. 3, additional important features of the anterior fixation plate of the present invention are . shown. The plate 11' illustrated in FI~. 3 is id~ntical to ~he plate 11 shown in FIG. 1, with the exception that the bridge portion 25' is shorter than the bridge portion 25 of the prior plat~. As shown in FIG. 3, the plate 11' includes ~: the pair of parallel elongated slots 15 through which . fixation elements 16 can be engaged. Each of the slots includes an upper surface llb' defining a numb~r of scallops ! 40 at the slot. In addition and alternatively, a number of scallops 42 can also be formed at the underside lla' of the plate.
The scallops 40 and 42 are adapted to receive rounded mating surfaces on bone screws or bone bolts, such as the bone screw 22 shown in FIG. 2. Bone fixation elemPnts having ~: 25 contoured plate engagement surfaces are well known in the art to those of ordinary skill. A bone screw satisfying these ; requirements is the low profile bone screw sold by Danek Medical, Inc. as its part number series 803-370 thru ~' 803-384~ It is understood that a bone bolt can also be utilized which includes a contoured upper face to engage the scallops 42 at the underside lla' of the plate 11 prime.
Such a bone bolt includes a lower threaded portion for ~-.......... engaging the vertebra, an intermediate portion for engaging the underside scallops 42, and an upper threaded portion which extends through the plate opening. A nut also having a ,~"
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.r:i ~094/06360 PCT/~'S93/08433 6 ~ ~ -8-contoured face is threaded onto the upper threaded portion of the bolle bolt and tightened down onto the top surface llb' of the plate to clamp the plate to the bone bolt. A ~uitable bone bolt arrangement is disclosed in the patent to Heinig et al., U.S. No. 4,887,5~5, and in U.S. Patent No. 5,129,899 to Small et al. Either of the bone screws or bone bolts preferably include a hex drive recess to permit "top-loading"
and tightening of the fixation elements.
In one important aspect of the anterior plate of the present invention, the slots 15 and openin~s 21 allow ; fixation of the plate to the vertebrae using either bone screws or bone bolts, or a combination of both. Which of the bone screws or bone bolts is used depends upon the degree of fixation required. Use of bone screws, such as screws 22, tends to provide a less rigid fixation than that provided by dual-threaded bone bolts in which the bolt intermediate portion contacts the underside lla' of the plate 11~. The nature of the burst fracture F tends to dictate the degree of fixation required in the procedure. This flexibility in fixation approach has not been available in prior internal anterior fixation devices.
! As can be seen from FIGS. 1 and 3, the elongated slots 15 extend along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the plate 11 and 11'. The length of the slots, as well as the presence of the scallops 40 and 42, allow compression and distraction to be performQd after the bone screws 16 have been engaged into the vertebra. Thus, in a typical procedure, the plate can be installed with the bone screws 16 extending through the slots 15, but not tightened firmly into the vertebra. Once compression or distraction is accomplished the screws are tightened down onto the plate to clamp the plate to the vertebra, thereby for~ing a solid fixation. Moreover, the scalloped slots allow the screws to be repositioned postoperatively as required to maintain an appropriate degree of compression of distraction at the .s W094/06360 PCT/~Sg3/08433 . .. . g fracture or graft site. Repositioning the screws postoperatively inherently adjusts the distance between the superior and inferior vertebrae, a feature lackin~ ~n prior art devices. Closing the distance between the fixed vertebrae is essential to develop compression on a bone graft between the vertebrae.
At the other end of the plate, that is at inferior portion 20, a pair of openings 21 are provided. As with the elongated slots, the openings 21 can include an upper countersunk portion 45 and a lower countersunk portion 47 to receive contoured heads of bone screws or bone bolts therethrough. It can be seen that a line drawn through the centers of tlle two openings 21 is oriented at an oblique angle A to the longitudinal axis of the plates 11, 11'. This particular angular orientation provides for a stable, firm quadrilateral construct which in turn allows for optim~m anterior load sharing between the connected vertebrae. As can be seen in FIG. 1, in a typical procedure the screws 16 in superiox portion 12 are also engaged at an angle relative to the longitudinal a~is of the plate to complete the quadrilateral construct.
The plates 11 and 11' are formed of a bio-compatible material, such as 316LVM stainless steel. Other materials are contemplated, such as titanium alloy, provided the material is bio-compatible and has the requisite stiffness for anterior fixation of the spine.
The interior anterior fixation system 10 of the present invention, and particularly the anterior plate 11, provides means for firm anterior fixation of the spine~ particularly at the thoracolumbar junction. The plate 11 is configured to facilitate fusion of a minimal number of motion segments.
The plate also provides means for adjustment of the fixation screws or bolts to permit compression or distraction. The profile of the plate reduces tissue trauma and facilitates implantation. The plate 11 of the present invention ~ ' W094/0636~ PCl/US93/0~433 ,,~
2123~87 -lo-accomplishes all of these functions as well as providing a quadrilateral construct and varying degrees of fixation rigidity. -While the invention has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, the same isto be considered as illustrative and not restri~tive in Icharacter, it being understood that only the preferred ¦~embodiments have been shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the 110 invention are desired to be protected.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns devices for the anterior ~ fixation of the spine. In particular, the present invention j 5 relates to a plate for the fixation of thoracic or lumbar vertebra. The plate of the present invention has particular application in situations where vertebral body corpectomies are performed, such as burst fractures with significant spinal canal compromise or vertebral body tumors~
Fractures of the spine commonly occur at the thoracolumbar junction, an~ particular in the T-ll, T-l~, L-l or L~2 vertebrae. In the past, treatment of burst fractures involved prolonged bed rest in a body cast and/or a brace.
Harrington rods were the first widely successful devices implementing internal fixation for treatment of a vertebral burst fracture. The Harrington rods involved posterior distraction of the spine and allowed some reduction and restoration of vertebral height by means of distraction.
However, the inability of Harrington rods to reduce a kyphosis or to clear the spinal canal completely were major disadvantages of this approach.
To improve reduction, posterior distraction systems were rnodified with the use of contoured rods, sleeves for the rods, improved hooks and sublaminar wires. However, with these posterior distraction systems, it was usually recommended that the spina~ fusion include 2 vertebral levels caudad to the fracture and 2 or 3 levels cephalad to the fracture. The posterior approach, even to this level of advancement, was still less than an optimum solution to the problem of treatment of thoracolumbar burst ractures.
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In the early 1980's an anterior approach was developed for treatment of burst fractures. Improved scanning techniques allowed visualization of bone fragments.that were pres~nt with burst fractures, so that attention could then be directed toward complete decompression of the canal as a way to provide the best environment for neurological recovery.
Various fixation devices have been developed since that time based upon this theory of internal anterior treatment of burst fractures. However, the anterior approach has in some cases lead to increased operative morbidity due to the very difficult nature of the procedure. In addition risk to the vascular network as well as comple~e clearance of the spinal :~ canal has been a problem with many of the anterior fixation approaches. Most of the prior internal anterior systems suffer from a great degree of complexity.
One such system is the Kanada device marketed by Acromed, Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio. The Kanada device utilizes vertebral body stap~es through which fixation screws are placed into the vertebral body. Rods are then engaged between the screws in the superior and inferior vertebral bodies. Normally two screws are placed in each body, therefore requiring two rods between the vertebrae. The rods are threaded ~t their ends to allow compression and j,~ distraction.
;4' 25 Another device marketed by Zimmer, provides an an~erior spinal fixation system indica~ed for treatme~t of tumors or thoracolumbar burst fractures. This device is described in the patent to Dunn, no. 4,289~123, which issued on September 15, 1981. This device is similar to the Kanada device in that it uses rods between the superior and inferior vertebrae. A pair of large plates contoured to the vertebrae are engaged by way o a number of screws.
Several plating systems have been developed or anterior ~i~ internal fixation of the spine. One of these plates, the Syracuse I-plate provides a number of differently sized ~' ,i : - ~J
212368~
I-shaped plates w~lich are engaged across the burst fracture.
However, the Syracuse I-plate does not allow for compression or distraction of a bone graft between the superigr and inferior vertebrae.
Acrorned Inc. markets a contoured anterior spinal fixation plate (CASF plate) which is indicated for treatment of lumbar burst fractures and tumors. The plate includes a number of screw openings through the contoured plate. The number of openings simply provide different locations for 10 engaging a bone screw to the vertebra, and does not lend itself to compression or distraction of a bone yraft. Duma International of Taipai, Taiwan, offers the Stafix plating system which includes a plate that has a number of screw holes and a single screw slot. The Stafix plate permits quadrilateral placement of bone screws, but is not readily adapted for compression or distraction. Moreover, this plate, as with the aforementioned anterior plates, lack the ability to provide rigid or semi-rigid fixation using bone screws or bone bolts.
Even with these prior anterior internal fixation systems, there remains a need for a plate and screw system for the efficient management of thoracolumbar burst fractures and tumors. There is a need for such a system which permits anterior lo~d sharing, as well as compression and distraction~ The system must also be easy to implant, to thereby reduce operative morbidity.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
Figure 1 is a side elevational view of an inte,rnal anterior thoracolumbar plate according to the present invention affixed between superior and inferior vertebrae about a burst fracture.
Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of one end of the anterior thoracolumbar plate shown in Figure l, taken along line 2-2 as viewed in the direction of the arrows.
Figure 3 is a top elevational view of an anterior thoracolumbar plate similar to the plate shown in Figure l ~ but having a shorter length.
J, Figure 4 is a side cross sectional view of the plate shown in Figure 3, taken along line 4-4 as viewed in the direction of the arrows, particularly illustrating the scalloped configuration of the plate slots and screw openings.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended, such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated device, and such further applications of the principles of the invention as illus~rated therein being contemplat~d as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the invention relates.
j Referring first to FIG. 1, an anterior thoracolumbar ¦ ~ plate system 10 in accordance with the present invention is ¦; 15 illustrated. The system 10 includes a specially configured plate ll engaged hetween superior vertebrae Vl an~ inferior vertebra V2. The plate ll spans a vertebra V3 having a burst fracture F . The vertebra V3 can have been subjected to a vertebral body corpectomy, such as for a tumor resection. Alternatively, the present invention has application in situations where a vertebral bone graft spans between the in~erior and sup~rior vertPbrae.
The plate ll includes three distinct portions. The first portion, the superior portion 12, includes a pair of slots 15 formed therein. Each of the slots 15 is configured to receive a bone fixation element 16 therethrough. At the opposite end of the plate, the inferior portion 20 includes openings 21 therethrough to also receive a fixation element, such as a bone bolt or bone screw, for engagement with vertebra V2. The superior and inferior portions 12 and 20, ~ respectively, are interconnected by a bridge portion 25 which ¦ portion is con igured to span the burst fracture vertebra . As shown by a comparison of the plates shown in FIG~.
1 and 3, the distance between the superior and inferior W094/~6360 PCT/US93/08433 ~
~123687 -6-portions 12 and 20 can be changed by modifying the length of the bridge portion 25.
It is understood that this bridge portion 25 ~a~ be lengthened or shorten d depending upon the total length of the plate 11 required for the particuiar vertebral anatomy.
The plate must be long enough for the fixation portions 12 and 20 to find sufficient solid purchase on the respective superior and inferior vertebrae. The overall length of the thoracolumbar plate of the present invention can be provided in half inch increments between 2.5 inches and 5.0 inches, depending upon the spinal anatomy and the number of vertebrae to ~e spanned by the plate.
The particular configuration of the anterior thoracolumbar plate 11 of the present invention is an important feature of the invention. For instance, all of the corners of the plate are rounded. Specifically, the corners 30 of the superior portion 12 and the ends 32 of the inferior portion 20 are rounded. In addition~ the transition 34 between the superior portion 12 and bridge portion 25 is smoothly contoured, as is the transition 36 between the irlferior portion 20 and the bridge 25. This "rounded"
profile of the plate ll reduces the trauma to surrounding tissue when the plate is implanted.
In another important aspect, the transverse width of the bridge portion 25 is smaller than the width of the fixation portions 12 and 20 of the plate 11. Unlike prior anterior plates, the plate 11 of the present invention limits the wider plate portions to those portions that directly interface the vertebrae. It has been found that the reduced profile of the bridge portion facilitates the plate's insertion and minimizes trauma to surrounding tissue, without sacrificing the ability of the plate to maintain stable fixation of th~ region. Preferably, the width W of the j bridge portion 25 is slightly larger than the distance between the centerlines CL of the two slots 16 in the ~ W094/06360 PCT/US93/~33 21236~7 i superior portion 12 of the plate. In one specific embodiment, this width is 0.5 inches.
To facilitate fi~ation of the plate 11 to the .ve-rtebrae, the underside llb of the plate 11 is curved to match the 5 outer curvature of the vertebral body of the vertebra V2, as shown in FIG. 2. The underside of the plate is curved at a radius R, which in one specific e~bodiment can range ~etween 1.0 and 1.5 inches depending upon the anatomy of the vertebrae to which the plate is affixed.
Referring now to FIG. 3, additional important features of the anterior fixation plate of the present invention are . shown. The plate 11' illustrated in FI~. 3 is id~ntical to ~he plate 11 shown in FIG. 1, with the exception that the bridge portion 25' is shorter than the bridge portion 25 of the prior plat~. As shown in FIG. 3, the plate 11' includes ~: the pair of parallel elongated slots 15 through which . fixation elements 16 can be engaged. Each of the slots includes an upper surface llb' defining a numb~r of scallops ! 40 at the slot. In addition and alternatively, a number of scallops 42 can also be formed at the underside lla' of the plate.
The scallops 40 and 42 are adapted to receive rounded mating surfaces on bone screws or bone bolts, such as the bone screw 22 shown in FIG. 2. Bone fixation elemPnts having ~: 25 contoured plate engagement surfaces are well known in the art to those of ordinary skill. A bone screw satisfying these ; requirements is the low profile bone screw sold by Danek Medical, Inc. as its part number series 803-370 thru ~' 803-384~ It is understood that a bone bolt can also be utilized which includes a contoured upper face to engage the scallops 42 at the underside lla' of the plate 11 prime.
Such a bone bolt includes a lower threaded portion for ~-.......... engaging the vertebra, an intermediate portion for engaging the underside scallops 42, and an upper threaded portion which extends through the plate opening. A nut also having a ,~"
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.r:i ~094/06360 PCT/~'S93/08433 6 ~ ~ -8-contoured face is threaded onto the upper threaded portion of the bolle bolt and tightened down onto the top surface llb' of the plate to clamp the plate to the bone bolt. A ~uitable bone bolt arrangement is disclosed in the patent to Heinig et al., U.S. No. 4,887,5~5, and in U.S. Patent No. 5,129,899 to Small et al. Either of the bone screws or bone bolts preferably include a hex drive recess to permit "top-loading"
and tightening of the fixation elements.
In one important aspect of the anterior plate of the present invention, the slots 15 and openin~s 21 allow ; fixation of the plate to the vertebrae using either bone screws or bone bolts, or a combination of both. Which of the bone screws or bone bolts is used depends upon the degree of fixation required. Use of bone screws, such as screws 22, tends to provide a less rigid fixation than that provided by dual-threaded bone bolts in which the bolt intermediate portion contacts the underside lla' of the plate 11~. The nature of the burst fracture F tends to dictate the degree of fixation required in the procedure. This flexibility in fixation approach has not been available in prior internal anterior fixation devices.
! As can be seen from FIGS. 1 and 3, the elongated slots 15 extend along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the plate 11 and 11'. The length of the slots, as well as the presence of the scallops 40 and 42, allow compression and distraction to be performQd after the bone screws 16 have been engaged into the vertebra. Thus, in a typical procedure, the plate can be installed with the bone screws 16 extending through the slots 15, but not tightened firmly into the vertebra. Once compression or distraction is accomplished the screws are tightened down onto the plate to clamp the plate to the vertebra, thereby for~ing a solid fixation. Moreover, the scalloped slots allow the screws to be repositioned postoperatively as required to maintain an appropriate degree of compression of distraction at the .s W094/06360 PCT/~Sg3/08433 . .. . g fracture or graft site. Repositioning the screws postoperatively inherently adjusts the distance between the superior and inferior vertebrae, a feature lackin~ ~n prior art devices. Closing the distance between the fixed vertebrae is essential to develop compression on a bone graft between the vertebrae.
At the other end of the plate, that is at inferior portion 20, a pair of openings 21 are provided. As with the elongated slots, the openings 21 can include an upper countersunk portion 45 and a lower countersunk portion 47 to receive contoured heads of bone screws or bone bolts therethrough. It can be seen that a line drawn through the centers of tlle two openings 21 is oriented at an oblique angle A to the longitudinal axis of the plates 11, 11'. This particular angular orientation provides for a stable, firm quadrilateral construct which in turn allows for optim~m anterior load sharing between the connected vertebrae. As can be seen in FIG. 1, in a typical procedure the screws 16 in superiox portion 12 are also engaged at an angle relative to the longitudinal a~is of the plate to complete the quadrilateral construct.
The plates 11 and 11' are formed of a bio-compatible material, such as 316LVM stainless steel. Other materials are contemplated, such as titanium alloy, provided the material is bio-compatible and has the requisite stiffness for anterior fixation of the spine.
The interior anterior fixation system 10 of the present invention, and particularly the anterior plate 11, provides means for firm anterior fixation of the spine~ particularly at the thoracolumbar junction. The plate 11 is configured to facilitate fusion of a minimal number of motion segments.
The plate also provides means for adjustment of the fixation screws or bolts to permit compression or distraction. The profile of the plate reduces tissue trauma and facilitates implantation. The plate 11 of the present invention ~ ' W094/0636~ PCl/US93/0~433 ,,~
2123~87 -lo-accomplishes all of these functions as well as providing a quadrilateral construct and varying degrees of fixation rigidity. -While the invention has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, the same isto be considered as illustrative and not restri~tive in Icharacter, it being understood that only the preferred ¦~embodiments have been shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the 110 invention are desired to be protected.
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Claims (9)
[received by the International Bureau on 11 March 1994 (11.03.94);
original claims 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 amended; new claims 8 and 9 added remaining claims unchanged (2 pages)]
1. An internal anterior fixation system for treatment of vertebral burst fractures, comprising:
an elongated plate having a longitudinal axis and including a superior portion, an inferior portion and a bridge portion integrally spanning between said superior and inferior portions, said superior portion defining a pair of elongated slots therethrough each having a longitudinal slot axis generally parallel to said longitudinal axis of said plate and a constant width along said slot axis, said inferior portion defining a pair of openings therethrough each having a centroid and an axis through said centroid parallel to and offset from said longitudinal axis of said plate and relatively offset from each other; and vertebral fixation elements having a bone engaging portion and a plate engaging portion adapted to extend through either of said slots or said openings in said plate for engaging said plate.
an elongated plate having a longitudinal axis and including a superior portion, an inferior portion and a bridge portion integrally spanning between said superior and inferior portions, said superior portion defining a pair of elongated slots therethrough each having a longitudinal slot axis generally parallel to said longitudinal axis of said plate and a constant width along said slot axis, said inferior portion defining a pair of openings therethrough each having a centroid and an axis through said centroid parallel to and offset from said longitudinal axis of said plate and relatively offset from each other; and vertebral fixation elements having a bone engaging portion and a plate engaging portion adapted to extend through either of said slots or said openings in said plate for engaging said plate.
2. The internal anterior fixation system of claim 1, wherein said centroid of each of said pair of openings in said inferior portion defines a line therebetween, said line defining an oblique angle relative to said longitudinal axis of said plate.
3. The internal anterior fixation system of claim 1, wherein said superior portion and said inferior portion each have a width, and said bridge portion has a width substantially less than the width of said superior and inferior portions.
4. The internal anterior fixation system of claim 1, wherein said pair of elongated slots are arranged such that the longitudinal slot axes of said slots are mutually parallel.
5. The internal anterior fixation system of claim 4, wherein said bridge portion has a width less than the width of either of said superior and said inferior portions, and substantially equal to the distance between the longitudinal slot axes of said slots.
6. The internal anterior fixation system of claim 1, wherein said plate includes a number of scallops defined in the upper surface of said plate about the perimeter of each of said elongated slots.
7. The internal anterior fixation system of claim 6, wherein said plate includes a number of scallops defined in the lower surface of said plate about the perimeter of each of said elongated slots.
8. The internal fixation system of claim 1, wherein said axis through said centroid of each of said pair of openings in said inferior portion is colinear with said longitudinal slot axis of a corresponding one of said elongated slots in said superior portion of said plate.
9. The internal fixation system of claim 1, wherein said plate includes a curved lower surface for contacting a vertebra defined at a curvature to conform to the curvature of an anterior surface of the vertebra.
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