Clamping device for bone fixation elements

Details Clamping device for bone fixation elements Clamping device for bone fixation elements

2005-02-01

2010-11-16

Robert, Eduardo C (Department: 3733)

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

Reexamination Certificate

active

07833224

ABSTRACT:
A device for clamping fixation elements, which have been inserted into bone, for manipulating fragments of a fractured bone. The device incorporating a hollow body with a cavity having a wall, a clamping body moveable within the cavity between a first position and a second position, and a clamping device operably connected to the clamping body for moving the clamping body between the first position and the second position. The device being sized and configured so that when the clamping body is in the first position a free end of the fixation element(s) may be positioned between the clamping body and the wall of the cavity. Once the fixation element(s) is properly positioned within the cavity, the clamping device may be used to move the clamping body into the cavity, thereby wedging the fixation element(s) between the clamping body and the wall of the cavity. A bone fragment may then be manipulated using the device.

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