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6482206 Method and apparatus for external fixation of bones  
An external fixator for securing a first bone portion in a fixed relationship with respect to a second bone portion includes a longitudinally extending rod and a bone screw clamping assembly. The...
6468238 Halo crown  
A halo crown has depending posterior legs adjustable in multiple dimensions for conveniently adjusting the halo crown to a patient's skull. Each leg slides along a single axis yet provides...
6423061 High tibial osteotomy method and apparatus  
External fixation apparatus and method are disclosed for use in osteotomy and other medical procedures. The apparatus includes a stabilizing portion adapted to be externally coupled to an anterior...
6379362 Insulated skull pins  
A skull pin has a ceramic insulating portion between a titanium driving portion and a titanium tip portion. The driving portion of the skull pin terminates in a sleeve, and the ceramic insulator...
6358255 Distraction osteogenesis device and method  
A device especially for osteodistraction, configured for attachment to different bone parts that have been separated, and that are bound together by the device which holds the bones parts in a...
6355037 Apparatus and method of external skeletal support allowing for internal-external rotation  
An external skeletal fixation apparatus provides support about a joint such as the knee. The apparatus includes a first external support section with one or more rings rigidly supporting a first...
6355036 Bone adjuster  
A bone adjuster 20 has a first lift plate 22 to be fastened to one of two opposed bone fragments to be adjusted, a second lift plate 24 to be fastened to the other bone fragment and an...
6342054 Positioning and locking device  
A device for positioning and locking rods, pins or wires, particularly for an external fixator in the field of orthopaedics is provided. The device comprises two jaw faces and a tightening assembly...
6340361 External fixator clamp and system  
An external fixator system comprises a clamp adapted to couple a fixator pin to a connecting rod. The clamp includes a slot for transversely receiving the connecting rod. A bolt is inserted through...
6287307 Apparatus and methods for clamping split bone sections  
A clamping assembly for clamping together first and second sections of bone having, when so clamped, a common external surface generally perpendicular to contacting surfaces of the first and second...
6283964 Modular fixator assembly  
A modular fixator assembly capable of allowing motion at the wrist during treatment of wrist fractures. The fixator assembly includes a distractor device, a pin outrigger attached to the distrator...
6277118 External fixator including an angular correction module and related method  
An external fixator for securing a bone through a first bone screw connected to a first portion of the bone and a second bone screw connected to a second portion of the bone. The external fixator...
6267762 Device for the positioning of a proximal extremity of a tibia against a cutting guide including an adjusting handle  
Equipment for the positioning of a proximal extremity of a tibia against a cutting guide (1), including a support bracket is shown. Devices are provided for distally immobilizing a tibia, which...
6235028 Surgical guide rod  
An instrument and method for guiding a spinal implant from a location outside of a patient's body to a location adjacent an exposed portion of a bone anchor engaged to the patient's spine. The...
6235029 Orthopaedic device for the gradual correction of limbs  
An orthopaedic device for the gradual correction of angular and longitudinal defects of elongated bones, comprising at least one first clamp for a first group of screws insertable in a proximal...
6221072 Device for fixing bone sections relative to each other  
A device for fixing bone sections relative to each other, comprises a support bar for lateral application along the bone sections to be fixed. The support bar includes at least two sliding pieces...
6217577 Outer fixing device for orthopedics and traumatology  
There is disclosed a fixing device comprising: a bar (4), at least one turret-like support (8a) having an outer casing (9) movably mounted on said bar (4), an articulated joint (12) for supporting...
6203548 Distraction apparatus  
The invention relates to a distraction apparatus for holding a fracture during the healing process. The apparatus includes screws or pins for insertion into a bone at points proximal and distal...
6190390 Apparatus and method for creating a dome tibial osteotomy  
An instrument system and a method for creating a dome osteotomy having a semi-cylindrical surface contour configuration with an arcuate profile configuration at a selected location on a proximal...
6187004 Subcutaneous bone expansion device  
A subcutaneous bone expansion device including a stationary plate and an expansion plate, each affixed to bone portions, and an expansion mechanism to vary relative distance between the stationary...
6176860 Orthopaedic fixator  
The invention provides a dynamic external fixator, including an elongate body having an axial bore accommodating, in a first portion thereof, at least part of a first member of a universal joint...
6171308 Method and apparatus for external fixation of large bones  
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...
6171307 Bone stabilizer and method  
An apparatus and procedure for the external unilateral fracture fixation, fracture compression or enlargement of osseous tissue with a metal or equivalent material slotted forked stick to hold and...
6162222 Method and apparatus for external fixation of the pelvis  
An apparatus for external fixation of the pelvis includes first and second pluralities of bone screws adapted to be connected to first and second portions of the pelvis, respectively. The apparatus...
6152925 Method and apparatus for external fixation of an elbow  
An apparatus for adjustably securing the humerous, which is on a proximal side of elbow joint, relative to the ulna on the distal side of the elbow joint. The apparatus includes a central body...
6102911 Orthopaedic apparatus, particularly for the surgical correction of bone deformities  
An orthopaedic apparatus, particularly for the surgical correction of angular and longitudinal defects of the bones of limbs, of the femur and tibia type, comprising a longitudinal rod externally...
6096079 Bone anchored fixation for displacement of facial bones  
A process for non-surgical repositioning of craniofacial bones following surgery for severe disease or trauma. At least two osseointegrated, i.e. bone implanted, fixtures are implanted in the...
6080153 External fixation device  
An articulation element for the relative positioning of fixation bars or bone pins of an external fixator includes a plurality of pairs of jaws. The jaws have on their adjacent faces grooves which...
6059784 Capacitive extensometer particularly suited for measuring in vivo bone strain  
The present invention provides for in vivo measurements of the principal strain magnitudes and directions, and maximum shear strain that occurs in a material, such as human bone, when it is loaded...
6053915 External tutor for the treatment of radius distal end fractures  
The present invention refers to an external tutor for treating fractures in the radius distal end, said type of external tutor contemplates the use of longitudinal pins to be inserted in the bone...
6039737 Operation of a vertebral axial decompression table  
A vertebral axial decompression table is operated by applying a baseline tension to the two table parts, increasing tension to about 50% of maximum above baseline, then logarithmically increasing...
6036691 External orthopedic fixator with patient-operated mechanism  
The invention serves patients having a fractured bone wherein separate parts of the bone have been immobilized by an external axial fixator, and the invention provides patient-operated mechanical...
6030386 Six axis external fixator strut  
An orthopedic fixation device in which two or more translation members are secured to adjacent tissue segments for reorientation relative to each other. The device includes telescopically...
6030387 Fixing means  
A fixation device with clamping jaws with rods connecting the clamping jaws, said rods being adjustable axially and angularly for positioning relative to the clamping jaws and clampable in the...
6024745 External minisplint device  
An external minisplint device comprises an elongated body (2; 2'; 2"; 2'"; 2 iv ; 101, 102) supporting at least one pair of clamps (3, 4; 3', 4'; 3", 4"; 3'", 4'"; 3 iv , 4 iv ; 103, 104) each of...
6022348 Clamping connection for medical equipment and apparatus  
The invention relates to a coupling of two sides of a synergetically cooperating fixation system in medical equipment and apparatus, illustrated by way of example of an external fixator with...
6019769 Bone-adjusting device  
A method of performing angular distraction osteogenesis by drilling bone-pin holes into the first and second sides of a segmented bone, inserting bone-pins into the bone-pin holes, attaching the...
6013071 Method for regenerating soft tissues in a joint  
A method for maintaining the normal position of body parts includes attaching a positioning device to opposite sides of body parts abnormally approaching each other too closely. The positioning...
6010501 Method and apparatus for external fixation of small bones  
An external fixator for securing a first bone portion in a fixed relationship with respect to a second bone portion. The fixator includes a bone screw clamping assembly for receiving a first bone...
6007534 Bone stabilizing apparatus  
A bone stabilization apparatus that helps to minimize torsion effects of the attachment nails or screws which have been placed in the bone. The apparatus has two ends for attachment to a bone and...
6001097 Fracture reducing apparatus  
A reducing apparatus allows each displacement which has been effected to be analyzed and precisely measured. It includes three telescopic bars disposed along the axes x, y and z, respectively, of...
5979658 Pin care kit and method  
A kit for external fixation pin site care in conjunction with practicing a uniform and consistent standardized protocol to significantly reduce post-operative infection risk is provided. The kit...
5976136 Method and apparatus for external bone fixator  
An external fixator for securing a first bone portion in a position relative to a second bone portion. The fixator includes a first clamping assembly for receiving a first bone screw connected to...
5976134 External fixator for repairing fractures  
A fixation device for repairing a fracture of a bone having a medullary canal, where the device includes a radial transcutaneous pin configured to be mounted generally radially to the bone on a...
5971984 Method of using an orthopaedic fixation device  
An external fixator for positioning a first element or the like relative to a second element or the like. The external fixator includes a first base for mounting to the first element; a second base...
5968043 Plastic double nut mechanism enabling rigid orthopedic distraction  
A distraction apparatus for an external fixation device used to rigidly immobilize bone fragments during bone lengthening and angular deformity correction includes distractor mechanisms and...
5944719 External fixator  
An external fixator for setting fractured bones, comprising a flexible, articulable column comprised of a series of ball and socket members linked by a tensioning cable threaded therethrough....
5941877 Hand external fixation and joint mobilization and distraction device  
This invention is directed toward a hand fracture, burn and contraction treatment device that is capable of imparting the desired amount of long term force and moment to the interphalangeal and...
5941879 Method and apparatus for external fixation of bones  
An external fixator for adjustably securing a first bone portion in a position relative to a second bone portion. The fixator includes a first clamping assembly for receiving a first bone screw...
5931837 Method and apparatus for external fixation of an ankle  
A fixator for adjustably securing a first skeletal element on a superior side of an ankle joint relative to a skeletal element on the inferior side of the ankle joint. The fixator includes a bone...
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