Patents Assigned to Solco Surgical Instrument Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 6592585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for fixing the spine, and particularly to a spine fixing apparatus for fixing an unstable spine, caused by a fracture or a disease, to be properly collaborated together such that the spine can recover its stable state. The present invention provides a spine fixing apparatus, comprising a plurality of spine screw members combined to the spine with a certain distance; a pair of rods detachably combined to the spine screw members, the rods connecting and supporting the spine screw members; pressing members detachably combined to the spine screw members, the pressing member pressing the rod toward the spine screw member; and a connecting device integrally combined to the pressing member, the connecting device flexibly connecting the spine screw members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignees: Solco Surgical Instruments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choon Ki Lee, Cheol Sang Kim, Sung Pil Choi
  • Publication number: 20020007183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for fixing the spine, and particularly to a spine fixing apparatus for fixing an unstable spine, caused by a fracture or a disease, to be properly collaborated together such that the spine can recover its stable state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: Solco Surgical Instruments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choon Ki Lee, Cheol Sang Kim, Sung Pil Choi
  • Patent number: 6264658
    Abstract: An apparatus for fixing the spine, and particularly to a spine fixing apparatus for fixing an unstable spine, caused by a fracture or a disease, to be properly collaborated together such that the spine can recover its stable state. The spine fixing apparatus comprising a plurality of spine screw members combined to the spine with a certain distance; a pair of rods detachably combined to the spine screw members, the rods connecting and supporting the spine screw members; pressing members detachably combined to the spine screw members, the pressing member pressing the rod toward the spine screw member; and a connecting device integrally combined to the pressing member, the connecting device flexibly connecting the spine screw members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignees: Solco Surgical Instruments Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choon Ki Lee, Cheol Sang Kim, Sung Pil Choi
  • Patent number: 6241757
    Abstract: A stent for expanding a lumen of a body having a structural stability along the length of the stent, as well as a good expandable force. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the stent is made of a single length of a filament and includes zigzag sections, in which the filament is wound in a zigzag manner, disposed on both end portions of the stent; and a spiral section, in which the filament is wound in a spiral manner, disposed between the zigzag sections. The zigzag section includes a plurality of bands. Each of the bands includes a series of straight portions, peak portions, and valley portions, the peak and valley portions being integrally engaged with the straight portions, and each of the bands is disposed along a circumferential direction of the stent on a plane substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis thereof; and each valley portion of the bands is twisted with a peak portion of an adjacent band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Solco Surgical Instrument Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Soon An, Chel Seng Kim, Sung Pil Choi, Tae Hyung Kim, Ho Young Song, Sang Woo Song