---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000000260"
title: "Method for manufacturing a connecting rod for attachment elements secured to the body of a patient, device and connecting rod for carrying out the method"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:02:40.411022Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000260"
categories:
  - "manufacturing-assembly-equipment/machining-systems"
keywords:
  - "b21d7/12"
  - "a61b17/7011"
  - "a61b17/8863"
  - "a61b2017/00526"
  - "a61b2017/568"
  - "a61b2034/104"
---

# Method for manufacturing a connecting rod for attachment elements secured to the body of a patient, device and connecting rod for carrying out the method

## Abstract

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a connecting rod between attachment elements secured to the spine of a patient, the method including: —planning the manufacturing of a first virtual rod based on the patient's anatomical data, —positioning and securing the attachment elements on the patient's body, —intraoperatively acquiring the position of the attachment elements for the purpose of creating a second virtual rod, —analyzing the first and second virtual rods for the purpose of creating a third virtual rod, —intraoperatively manufacturing a real rod from the third virtual rod by a bending device. Also disclosed are the device and the connecting rod allowing the method to be carried out.