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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2020
Orthofix S.r.l., Bussolengo, IT;
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX (US);
Daniele Venturini, Povegliano Veronese, IT;
Andrea Ottoboni, Giacciano con Baruchella, IT;
Gianluca Milano, Verona, IT;
John D. Ross, Ovilla, TX (US);
Karen D. Standefer, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Mikhail L. Samchukov, Coppell, TX (US);
Alexander M. Cherkashin, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX (US);
Orthofix S.R.L., Verona, IT;
Abstract
An external fixation strut includes an elongated body including first and second tubular shafts. Opposite connectors are respectively coupled to one of the shafts and include a ball and socket joint. One shaft has an internal diameter slightly larger than the external diameter of the other to host the other shaft in a slidably and telescopic manner. The shafts of the strut are a synthetic radiolucent plastic material. A clamp element is in proximity of overlapping ends of the shafts for fast gripping action stopping the sliding of one shaft inside the other. A fixation element is manually operated and acts on the clamp element. A sleeve is provided around the central portion of the strut where the shafts overlap. The clamp element is a clamp band around the sleeve and includes opposite and facing gripping portions. The gripping portions are connected by a threaded connector of the fixation element.