US Patent 11395683 Surgical connection device and surgical connection system

A surgical connection device for connecting two rod elements in one or more relative orientation includes a main body with receiving openings. The rod elements can be fixed to the main body by fixing elements. At least one receiving opening has an aperture at a receiving opening edge, through which aperture a rod element can be inserted into the receiving opening transversely to the orientation of the receiving opening. A connection system includes a surgical connection device and two or more rod elements.