Abstract: An adjustable implant for correcting spinal deformities which includes a frame to which the vertebrae are wired and which frame includes a pair of elongated rod members which are united at spaced intervals by arcuately shaped spacer members which retain the rod members substantially parallel and wherein at least the uppermost spacer member is adjustable along the length of the rod members and selectively lockable with respect thereto. In a modified embodiment one or more spacer members are designed to be movable along curved segments of the rod members.

Abstract: A device for stabilizing and correcting deformations of the spine being surgically mountable over the vertebrae and having substantially the shape of a rectangular frame that extends over the length of the vertebrae to be corrected. The device includes two elongated rigid members kept in a spaced apart relationship by rigid curved members on the approximate ends and spacer members in between. The curved members are mounted at a position that is slightly separated from the ends of the elongated members and in cooperation with hook members that are positioned on the outer periphery of the elongated members receive tying wires that secure the vertebrae to the frame maintaining the former in the corrective configuration.

Abstract: A device for surgically correcting and stabilizing spine deformations in scoliosis patients. Two rigid elongated members, parallel to each other, are kept in a spaced apart relationship by two curved rigid members mounted on their ends. Several hook members are provided to cooperate with wire that is tied around the vertebrae adjacent to the ends of the elongated members.