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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1996
Harold S Taylor, Memphis, TN (US);
J Charles Taylor, Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew Richards, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
An improved fracture fixation device for securing an external fixator system to bone structure and for compressing a first bone fragment of the bone structure against a second bone fragment of the bone structure. The fracture fixation device includes a screw portion for screwing into the first bone fragment; a bone engagement portion for engaging the second bone fragment and for coacting with the screw portion to compress the first bone fragment against the second bone fragment when the screw portion is screwed into the first bone fragment and the engagement portion engages the second bone fragment; and a attachment portion for attaching the engagement portion to the external fixator system.