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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Guidera, Sacramento, CA (US);
Laurence Earl Dahners, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Hayes Medical, Incorporated, Sacramento, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 86 ; 606105 ; 606237 ;
Abstract
A fracture reducing apparatus having a main rod comprising a handle section and a lever section and a pair of arms capable of riding on the lever section, each of which arms can be retained at a particular location in the lever section by the engagement of a thumb bolt disposed in the arm to frictionally engage the lever section. The apparatus is adapted to be autoclavable, and the use thereof reduces the incidence of radiation exposure from X-ray of the hands of the fracture reducing personnel. The device is used for the reduction of long bone fractures.