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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2016
Stryker European Holdings I, Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Subash K. Mannanal, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Daniel Greenberg, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
An external fixation frame system may include a first ring, a second ring, and at least three struts configured to couple the first ring to the second ring, each strut having a rotatable head portion and a counter torque portion. The system may also include an adjustment tool that includes a driver portion having an inner engagement portion for engaging the head portion of the strut, an outer engagement portion for engaging the counter torque portion of the strut, and a feedback mechanism rotatably coupled to the inner and outer engagement portions. The tool may further include a plunger having an inner portion positioned at least partially within the inner engagement portion, and an outer portion positioned at least partially between the inner engagement portion and the outer engagement portions, the plunger being axially translatable with respect to the inner and outer engagement portions.