Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1994-06-27
1996-03-05
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 54, 606 57, 606 59, 403 4, A61B 1762, A61B 1766
Patent
active
054963192
ABSTRACT:
An external fixation apparatus 2 that allows the transfixation wire 10 to be secured at a plurality of discrete positions to provide adjustability of the angular orientation of the wire with respect to the plane of a frame ring 6. The fixation apparatus 2 includes a transfixation wire or pin 10 that is connected between a transmitting clamp 20 and a receiving clamp 40 that are shiftably carried atop of a partial frame ring 6. A wire retainer 50 is secured to the distal end 14 of the transfixation wire. The receiving clamp 40 includes a raised member 46 adapted for receiving distal end 14 of wire 10 and mating with retainer 50 at a variety of discrete positions along the length of raised member 46. Retainer 50 uses two screws 54, 56 to secure distal end 14 of wire 10 within a longitudinal through bore 51. Screw 54 extends into longitudinal bore 51 to engage wire 10 near the proximal end of retainer 50. Screw 56 extends into longitudinal bore 51 and bends the distal end 14 of wire 10 downward within a slot 53 defined along longitudinal bore 51 at the distal end of retainer 50. Bending the distal end 14 of wire 10 within retainer 50 improves the connection between wire 10 and retainer 50.
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Zimmer, Inc.--Brochure--Torus External Fixation System--Lit. No. 97-2613-01 Rev. 1--1993.
Allard Randall N.
Hamman Gary T.
Price Gregory G.
Sisk Billy N.
Geringer Margaret L.
Markow Scott B.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
Zimmer Inc.
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