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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2023
Stryker European Operations Holdings Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Vinzenz Andreas Burgherr, Bern, CH;
Adam John Edelhauser, Nyack, NY (US);
Yves Stephane Crozet, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Marcel Aeschlimann, Ligerz, CH;
Christoph Dworzak, Oberthal, CH;
Antonino Lanci, Bern, CH;
Markus Mast, Bern, CH;
Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A tool for implementing a correction plan in an external fixation frame having a plurality of adjustment elements or screws, for example, generally includes a driver, a motor, a controller, and a processor. The driver is adapted to engage and rotate each of the screws. The motor is coupled the driver and adapted to rotate the driver. The controller is connected to the motor and configured to control operation of the motor. The processor adapted configured to: receive correction plan data; receive identification data including information for identifying at least one of the plurality of screws; determine movement of at least one of the plurality of the screws based on the correction plan data and the identification data; and send signals indicative of the determined movement to the controller in order to rotate at least one of the plurality of screws according to a predetermined correction plan.