Surgery – Instruments – Orthopedic instrumentation
Patent
1995-01-09
1997-02-11
Tucker, Guy V.
Surgery
Instruments
Orthopedic instrumentation
606 53, 606 60, 623 17, 623901, A61B 1756
Patent
active
056015550
ABSTRACT:
A set of interlaminar clamps of specific and improved shapes provides a better fit to clamp together any two adjacent cervical laminae in the range from C1 to C7. These clamps are called Moskovich clamps, and their distinctive shapes are called Moskovich Curves. A method is also presented to manufacture similar cervical clamps for improved fit to clamp together any two adjacent cervical laminae throughout the entire back. This method is called the Moskovich Method. Morphometric data was taken for a large number of C1 through C7 laminae. Average shapes were then computed from this data for the C1 through C7 laminae. A small number of clamp shapes were then calculated that would fit these average cervical shapes. It was found that only a small number of clamp shapes were needed for clamps for the C1 through C7 range, and that these clamp shapes were different from what was available on the market in the prior art clamps. This method can be used to calculate average cervical shapes for all the cervical laminae of the back. Also, the method can be used to calculate average body part shapes for any body part, and to make better fitting surgical implants to be attached to or placed in contact with that body part.
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Glazier Stephen C.
Tucker Guy V.
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