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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Kls Martin, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Inventors:
Thomas S. Johnston, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Michael Mantia, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Christopher Derderian, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8019 (2013.01); A61B 17/151 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 17/8071 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2017/681 (2013.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02);
Abstract
A bone distractor device and method of bone distraction in osteogenesis, the bone distractor having releasable bone plates, created using computer-aided design to conform to the surface of a bone, attached to a distraction mechanism, wherein the distractor device is affixed to the bone, the distraction mechanism is removed from the bone plates, the osteotomy is performed using a guide edge provided on at least one of the bone plates, and the distraction mechanism is re-attached to the bone plates such that distraction can be initiated.