Device and method for locating two bones into a desired relative

Details Device and method for locating two bones into a desired relative Device and method for locating two bones into a desired relative

1997-03-20

1998-10-27

Tucker, Guy V.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 54, A61B 1760

Patent

active

058272836

ABSTRACT:
A device for locating in a desired position two or more bones or bone pieces that are in an undesired relative position, by bringing such pieces from the undesired position into the desired position, each piece having at least a pair of pins firmly fixed thereto, which pair of pins is, in turn, firmly retained in a retaining jaw member, the device comprising a straightforward and simple structure including two arms to be fixed to the jaw members and connected to arm driving motors for moving the arms along the three Cartesian axes, whereby the bones can be moved and located, or relocated, into the desired position under a controlled and programmed moving pattern, to achieve a non painful, accurate and exact correction of the bones position.

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