| 摘要 |
A one piece item of stainless steel or other material suitable for permanent placement in the human body, forms the eye and shaft of an eyebolt by a combination of two shell-like portions, each having threaded bosses at distal ends thereof. The distal ends are placed around a spinal rod simultaneously with insertion of one of the shell-like portions through the yoke of a spinal column connecting hook device. Then the bosses are brought toward each other and the two bosses combine to form a bolt on which a nut is received and advanced along the threads. As this is done, it forms the eye of the eyebolt and it is brought into cooperation with the hook device to clamp tightly on a spinal rod with which the eyebolt is used. The two threaded bosses have interfitting, and thus mating, rib and groove to establish and maintain alignment of the threads of the two bosses to facilitate reception of the nut on the bosses. Thus, the connecting hook device can be installed and clamped to a spinal rod between other devices already installed on the spinal rod, without disturbing the other devices. Upon removal of the nut from the bosses, the eyebolt can be completely removed from the spinal rod without disturbing any other device attached to the spinal rod.
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