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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2006
Kent N. Bachus, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jeremy D. Borchert, Holladay, UT (US);
Kent N. Bachus, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jeremy D. Borchert, Holladay, UT (US);
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A releasable attachment system is provided for use with a bone anchored post and related external prosthesis such as a prosthetic limb or the like, wherein the attachment system includes a safety release mechanism designed to release or break away when encountering an excess mechanical load. The bone anchored mounting post is implanted for direct affixation to patient bone, and carries or is connected to a fixator structure protruding through soft skin tissue and the like at the end or stump of an amputated limb for mechanical connection to the external prosthesis. The safety release mechanism accommodates substantially normal patient movement throughout a corresponding range of substantially normal mechanical loads, but releases in the presence of an excess load to prevent undesirable fracture failures.