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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2021
Orthofix S.r.l., Verona, IT;
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX (US);
Daniele Venturini, Povegliano Veronese, IT;
Andrea Ottoboni, Giacciano con Baruchella, IT;
Michael Lupatini, San Martino della Battaglia, IT;
John D. Ross, Ovilla, TX (US);
Mikhail L. Samchukov, Coppell, TX (US);
Alexander M. Cherkashin, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Karen D. Standefer, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Orthofix S.R.L., Verona, IT;
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An orthopedic bone transport system includes an external fixation frame and a cable pulling device. The external fixation frame is attachable to a fixed bone segment with the external fixation frame oriented in a first plane. The cable pulling device includes a main body configured to be secured to the external fixation frame, a reel, and a transmission. The reel is rotatable about said main body and configured to wind up a cable to be secured to a transport bone segment to move said transport bone segment towards said fixed bone segment. The main body is secured to the external fixation frame with an axis of rotation of the reel oriented substantially parallel to the first plane, the axis of rotation of the reel thereby substantially lying on a transverse plane with respect to the fixed bone segment. The transmission drives the reel in order to wind up the cable.