Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1995-03-01
1999-10-05
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
A61B 1766
Patent
active
059615150
ABSTRACT:
A pin-to-bar construct for an external fixation system of the type including a plurality of pins for securing first and second elements, and an elongated bar. The pin-to-bar construct includes a spool component for attachment to the bar; and an intermediate component for fixed attachment to the spool component and for joining at least one of the pins to the spool component. The intermediate component includes pin receiving structure for receiving one of the pins and intermediate component attachment structure for allowing fixed attachment to another intermediate component.
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Taylor Harold S.
Taylor J. Charles
Buiz Michael
Reip David O.
Smith & Nephew Inc.
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