Distraction assembly

US6565576B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Wittenstein GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Roman Stauch · Assamstadt, DE
• Jurgen Klein · Essen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 2001
• Grant date: May 20, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/00867
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A distraction assembly for the plastic surgery of the face, for correcting the upper and/or lower jaw, for example for removing an overbite, a cross bite, a cleft palate or for bridging bone structure that was removed by, for example, surgery, consists of a device with at least two elements which are axially moveable in relation to each other. The device can be completely implanted subcutaneously and can be indirectly or directly actuated without contact, especially by energy inductively supplied from outside.