Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1995-09-11
1997-09-02
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 53, 606 57, 606 59, A61F 504, A61B 1760
Patent
active
056626487
ABSTRACT:
An auxiliary device for use in the external setting of fractures is particularly adapted for use in association with an external axial fixator or splint having bolt-holding clamps with spherical joints for fixing bone bolts or screws which can be implanted in fractured pieces of bone. The auxiliary device comprises a central body which can be elongated axially and has end portions which can be releasably coupled to corresponding bolt-holding clamps on an external axial fixator or splint associated therewith; the said end portions are attached to the central body by means of corresponding hinges having hinge axes (20, 20') which are retained in parallel relation to each other and perpendicular to the axis of the body, and securing means is provided for selecting the orientation of the axes of these hinges, without changing their retained parallel-axis relation, so as to allow the bolt-holding clamps to rotate in a single plane at a time of predetermined position.
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Faccioli Giovanni
Venturini Daniele
Buiz Michael
Orthofix S.r.l.
Woo Julian W.
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