Patent · US Expired

Device for repositioning fractured bone fragments

US6428540B1 · kind B1 · utility

62Cited by

48References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Synthes USA, LLC · US

Inventors

Lutz Claes · Neu-Ulm, DE
Heinz Gerngross · Ulm, DE
Götz Rübsaamen · Traunstein, DE
Orlando Martinelli · Bern, CH
Erwin Flühler · Allschwil, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 28, 1999
Grant date	Aug 6, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 28, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/66
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for repositioning fractured bone fragments has a rod and a clamping device secured to each end of the rod and bone fasteners for anchoring in the fractured bone fragments to be fixed. The rod has three translation mechanisms and three rotation mechanisms for altering the relative position of the two clamping devices so that the device has in total 6 degrees of freedom along the axes Tx, Ty, Tz, Rx, Ry, and Rz,.

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