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An orthopaedic junction or anchor assembly for anchoring a linkage such as a rod or cable used for fixation or reduction. The assembly includes a slotted bolt that fits through an apertured plate, and a support platform that fits over the bolt, capturing the plate in a one-piece assembly for conveni

An orthopaedic junction or anchor assembly for anchoring a linkage such as a rod or cable used for fixation or reduction. The assembly includes a slotted bolt that fits through an apertured plate, and a support platform that fits over the bolt, capturing the plate in a one-piece assembly for convenient installation. The base of the bolt is recessed in the plate and a cap or nut tightens down to secure the linking member, e.g., a rod or cable, in the bolt slot, simultaneously clamping the bolt to fix both its position and its orientation on the plate. The support platform has the form of a generally annular washer with an upper surface including a transverse groove on which the rod seats, and a lower surface abutting the plate. A sleeve potion may extend within and buttress the surrounding wall of the plate. The plate may take various forms, such as a hook or offset arm, an occipital T-plate, or a vertebra plate. In one embodiment the support platform is swaged to the bolt, allowing the bolt to rotate freely, and slide along the slot of the bone plate as a captive assembly, keeping all the components together without constraining the alignment during installation. Other embodiments employ mating ridge and groove, or other detents circumferentially on the bolt shaft and the inner face of the support, to snap and retain the pieces together. When the rod or other linkage has been positioned, a lock nut or cap then fastens onto the bolt to seat the rod against the support platform and lock both the position of the bolt and the angular orientation of its slot. Tightening the nut or cap pushes the rod downward to seat on the support plate and pulls the bolt upward to press the base of the bolt against the bottom of the plate. The bottom surfaces of the support washer as well as the plate-facing surface of the base may be roughened or textured to engage the plate, or otherwise increase resistance to rotational and lateral movement once the rod has been positioned and the nut is torqued down.

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An orthopaedic junction or anchor assembly for anchoring a linkage such as a rod or cable used for fixation or reduction. The assembly includes a slotted bolt that fits through an apertured plate, and a support platform that fits over the bolt, capturing the plate in a one-piece assembly for conveni

An orthopaedic junction or anchor assembly for anchoring a linkage such as a rod or cable used for fixation or reduction. The assembly includes a slotted bolt that fits through an apertured plate, and a support platform that fits over the bolt, capturing the plate in a one-piece assembly for convenient installation. The base of the bolt is recessed in the plate and a cap or nut tightens down to secure the linking member, e.g., a rod or cable, in the bolt slot, simultaneously clamping the bolt to fix both its position and its orientation on the plate. The support platform has the form of a generally annular washer with an upper surface including a transverse groove on which the rod seats, and a lower surface abutting the plate. A sleeve potion may extend within and buttress the surrounding wall of the plate. The plate may take various forms, such as a hook or offset arm, an occipital T-plate, or a vertebra plate. In one embodiment the support platform is swaged to the bolt, allowing the bolt to rotate freely, and slide along the slot of the bone plate as a captive assembly, keeping all the components together without constraining the alignment during installation. Other embodiments employ mating ridge and groove, or other detents circumferentially on the bolt shaft and the inner face of the support, to snap and retain the pieces together. When the rod or other linkage has been positioned, a lock nut or cap then fastens onto the bolt to seat the rod against the support platform and lock both the position of the bolt and the angular orientation of its slot. Tightening the nut or cap pushes the rod downward to seat on the support plate and pulls the bolt upward to press the base of the bolt against the bottom of the plate. The bottom surfaces of the support washer as well as the plate-facing surface of the base may be roughened or textured to engage the plate, or otherwise increase resistance to rotational and lateral movement once the rod has been positioned and the nut is torqued down. ngate in a lateral direction at least about 30 percent to provide a conforming fit about a wearer's waist; b) a pair of primary fasteners which are located on said laterally opposed outboard edges of said stretch panel and which are releasably prefastened to an opposite waist region of said absorbent chassis to releasably engage said front waist region to said rear waist region to provide said prefastened disposable absorbent article; and c) a pair of passive side bonds which are located laterally inward of said primary fasteners on said one waist region and which releasably connect an overlapped portion of said one waist region to said opposite waist region to assist in maintaining said prefastened absorbent article in a prefastened condition. 2. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said passive side bonds releasably connect said overlapped portion of said one waist region to said side edges in said opposite waist region to assist in maintaining said prefastened absorbent article in said prefastened condition. 3. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said passive side bonds are located on said one waist region laterally inward from said primary fasteners a distance of at least about 1.0 centimeter. 4. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said overlapped portion of said one waist region defines an overlap distance of at least about 2.0 centimeters. 5. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said passive side bonds define a peel strength of no more than about 1500 grams. 6. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said passive side bonds connect a body facing surface of said absorbent article in said one waist region to a garment facing surface of said absorbent article in said opposite waist region. 7. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said passive side bonds connect a body facing surface of said absorbent article in said one waist region to a body facing surface of said absorbent article in said opposite waist region. 8. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said stretch panel comprises a latent elastic material. 9. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said stretch panel is designed to elongate in a lateral direction at least about 50 percent to assist in positioning said prefastened disposable absorbent article about a wearer's waist. 10. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said primary fasteners are hook and loop type fasteners. 11. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said stretch panel is attached to a body facing surface of said absorbent article. 12. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said absorbent chassis includes an outer cover and a bodyside liner and wherein said stretch panel is incorporated between said outer cover and said bodyside liner. 13. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said stretch panel is attached to a garment facing surface of said absorbent article. 14. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said inward edge of said stretch panel is substantially fully attached to said absorbent chassis. 15. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said passive side bonds include at least one point bond. 16. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 15 wherein said point bond is an ultrasonic point bond. 17. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said stretch panel is perforated along a pair of laterally directed lines on at least one of two laterally opposed sides of said stretch panel to provide at least one secondary fastener tab, said secondary fastener tab being configured to releasably engage said opposite waist region to further conform said waist region to a wearer's body after said prefastened disposable absorbent article is pulled on over a wearer's hips. 18. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 17 wherein said at least one secondary fasteners tab defines a length in a