Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1998-02-18
2000-10-10
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 69, 606 73, 606104, A61B 1756
Patent
active
061297283
ABSTRACT:
A system for mandibular reconstruction generally includes an elongated locking plate having a plurality of internally threaded apertures and a plurality of fasteners. Each fastener includes a main body portion having an upper threaded shaft and a lower threaded shaft. The lower threaded shaft is adapted to engage the mandible. Each fastener further includes a removable head portion internally threaded for engaging the upper shaft portion and externally threaded for engaging a selected one of the internally threaded apertures of the locking plate. In the preferred embodiment, the thread leads of the head portion and lower shaft of the main body portion are identical. A method of mandibular osteosynthesis utilizes the system of osteosynthesis and generally comprises the steps of temporarily securing the elongated locking plate to the mandible with at least one fastener by engaging the threads of the lower portion with the mandible and threadably engaging the head with the locking plate, unthreading the head portion from the main body of the fastener to thereby allow displacement of the locking plate from the mandible without removing the fasteners from the mandible, performing a surgical procedure (e.g., removal of a cancerous growth), and re-securing the elongated plate to the fastener with the removable head portion.
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Duncan Jeffrey A.
Schumacher Brian S.
Stone Kevin T.
Buiz Michael
Reip David O.
Walter Lorenz Surgical Inc.
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