Flexible maxillo-mandibular fixation device

US9107716B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert Frigg · Wayne, US
• Jens Richter · Basel, CH
• Samuel Leuenberger · Oberwil, CH
• Carl Peter Cornelius · Munich, DE
• Ross Hamel · West Chester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 23, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 18, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 22, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F5/05891
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for achieving maxillo-mandibular fixation includes a bone fixation device including a bone fixation body formed from a plurality of links. The links define corresponding crests and valleys so as to impart flexibility into the bone fixation body. Thus, the bone fixation body can be aligned with the dental arch of the mandible and maxilla as necessary, and subsequently fastened to the underlying bone. Each bone fixation device includes at least one securement location on the fixation body that can attach to a securement device, such that the securement device fixes or stabilizes the mandible and the maxilla with respect to each other.