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Osteomed LLC

Spencer Shore

Robert Louis Morton

Andrew E Robinson

Ronald G Litke

Scott W Reed

Ronald George Litke, Jr

Viorel Mocanu

Matthew Geoffrey Marek

Allen D Seftel

Christopher Floury

Systems, tools, and screws for reducing a bone fracture are disclosed. In embodiments, the system comprises: a screw, a driver, a sleeve comprising a longitudinal bore configured to enable insertion of the driver through the sleeve, a locking mechanism configurable into a first state that locks the sleeve to the driver and a second state that unlocks the sleeve from the driver, and a retaining sleeve coupled to a first end of the driver and configured to couple to the screw. In the first state, the sleeve applies a compressive force while distal threads of the screw are driven into the bone while retaining proximal threads of the screw in the sleeve. After a desired compression is achieved, the locking mechanism is configured to the second state, allowing the proximal threads of the screw to be driven into the bone while maintaining application of the compressive force to the bone.

Reduction tool

A laser optical fiber storage device () for temporarily storing a free end () of an elongated flexible laser optical fiber (). A storage housing () with an open end () has an elongated flexible tube () disposed therein to receive the elongated flexible laser optical fiber so as to prevent laser light from escaping the storage housing. A restrictor () within the storage housing reduces the inner diameter of the elongated flexible tube. Further, a laser optical fiber storage device () for temporarily storing a free end () of an elongated flexible laser optical fiber () is provided with a clamp (). The storage housing () has an open end () and an elongated flexible tube () disposed within the storage housing to receive the elongated flexible laser optical fiber so as to prevent laser light from escaping the storage housing. A laser fiber clamp () is mounted to the open end to secure the laser optical fiber.

Laser optical fiber storage

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