Clamping and articulation element

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2007-07-10

2007-07-10

Stodola, Daniel P. (Department: 3679)

Joints and connections

Rod side to plate or side

Connected by double clamp

C606S057000, C024S545000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11202690

ABSTRACT:
A one-piece clamping element has two opposing clamping jaws forming a laterally open cavity to receive a rod-shaped element. A hinge is located between the jaws, arranged opposite the cavity, and connecting the clamping jaws with one another and thus allowing them to be movable with respect to one another. Each clamping jaw has one bore, aligned flush with one another. One clamping jaw has a receptacle for an anti-rotation device. The receptacle makes it preferable—with the exception of an immediate tightening of the screw in this or another place of an external fixator clamping element used for the same patient—to use the clamping element only once and discarding it after use. Two identical clamping elements, with the possible exception of the size of the rod receptacle, can be placed on top of one another to form an articulation element.

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