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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2017
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Brian Thoren, Memphis, TN (US);
Daniel McCormick, Bartlett, TN (US);
Wesley Reed, Libertyville, IL (US);
Thomas Cramer, Gainesville, FL (US);
Gary Lowery, Eads, TN (US);
David Harness, Eads, TN (US);
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
An orthopedic device configured for use as a compressor or a distractor is provided. The device has two arm members and a locking sleeve for securely holding an elongated pin is attached to each of the two arm members. The locking sleeve are hingeably connected to the outer end of each of the two arm members by a biaxial hinge block, wherein the biaxial hinge block is configured to allow the locking sleeve to swivel in two different directions about two orthogonally oriented axes.