Patent · US Expired

Device for fixing the fractured ends of a bone

US4784127A · kind A · utility

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3Claims

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Assignee

Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH · DE

Inventors

Claus Mattheck · Leimersheim, DE
Martin Borner · Schwalbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 1986
Grant date	Nov 15, 1988
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 7, 2006

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/7283
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Device for holding together the fractured ends of a bone in a living body, including an elongate holding member arranged to be secured to the bone and provided, for this purpose, with openings for holding connecting elements, with a certain elasticity being retained, and reinforcement members forming a unit with the holding member, extending in the length direction of the holding member and disposed along opposite sides of each opening.

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