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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lutz Claes, Neu-Ulm, DE;
Heinz Gerngross, Ulm, DE;
Götz Rübsaamen, Traunstein, DE;
Orlando Martinelli, Bern, CH;
Erwin Flühler, Allschwil, CH;
Assignee:
Synthes (U.S.A.), Paoli, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/04 ;
Abstract
A device for repositioning fractured bone fragments has a rod and a clamping device secured to each end of the rod and bone fasteners for anchoring in the fractured bone fragments to be fixed. The rod has three translation mechanisms and three rotation mechanisms for altering the relative position of the two clamping devices so that the device has in total 6 degrees of freedom along the axes T , T , T , R , R , and R ,.