Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1995-05-12
1997-09-02
Tucker, Guy V.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 54, 606 96, A61B 1760
Patent
active
056626509
ABSTRACT:
A fixator for securing a first bone portion in a position relative to a second bone portion. The fixator includes a first bone screw clamp that serves as a template for drilling a hole in a first bone portion and that secures the first bone screw to the fixator. The fixator also includes a second bone screw clamp that serves as a template for drilling a hole in the second bone portion and that secures the second bone screw to the fixator once the second bone screw is secured to the second bone portion. The fixator also includes a main body that is operable to secure the first bone screw clamp to the second bone screw clamp.
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Bailey Kirk Jay
Curry Sean P.
Mahaffey John Scott
Electro-Biology, Inc.
Tucker Guy V.
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