Ecole Nationale Superieure De Techniques Avancees

Assistance Publique-hopitaux De Paris

Ecole Polytechnique

Université Paris Descartes

Ecole Nationale Superieure De Techniques Avancees Bretagne

Arnaud Picard

Jean Boisson

Natacha Kadlub

Hervé Strozyk

Lahcen Cherfa

The invention relates to a plate distractor, particularly a maxillofacial plate distractor, comprising a first () and a second () fixing plate, a threaded pin () mounted in a freely rotatable and translatably fixed manner in relation to the first fixing plate (), a screwed tube () fixed to the second fixing plate (), a permanent magnet () extending in a main direction, which is magnetised transversely to the main direction and mounted in the plate distractor () such that the rotation of the magnet () on itself, about an axis of rotation (D) parallel to the main axis, causes a relative rotation of the threaded pin () in relation to the screwed tube (), the magnet () being arranged close to one of the ends of the plate distractor ().

Plate distractor and assembly of such a plate distractor and an activation tool

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Paris, France

Arnaud Picard