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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2018
Stryker Corp., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Conrad Smith, Hollister, CA (US);
William Kaiser, Campbell, CA (US);
Chris Bowles, Hollister, CA (US);
Edson Lopes, San Jose, CA (US);
Ruben Cardenas, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Roger J. Malcolm, San Clemente, CA (US);
Stryker Corp., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A distraction frame for use with a surgical table, wherein the surgical table includes a base for positioning on a floor, the distraction frame including a table mount for fixation to the base of the surgical table; at least one horizontal strut mounted to the table mount; at least one vertical strut mounted to the at least one horizontal strut; and at least one distraction mechanism mounted to the at least one vertical strut, wherein the at least one distraction mechanism may be connected to a limb of a patient for applying a distraction force to the limb of the patient; wherein the table mount may transfer to the floor a force moment imposed on the table mount when the at least one distraction mechanism applies a distraction force to a limb of a patient.