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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2006
Applicant:
Peter M. Stevens, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventor:
Peter M. Stevens, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Morphographics, LC, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/60 (2006.01); A61B 17/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system is provided for stabilizing bone. The system includes a fixing block, a pin having a far end which is adapted to be fixed directly into bone and a near end which enters the fixing block, and a frame on which the fixing block is fixable. The pin enters the fixing block in a non-orthogonal manner in order to permit the pin to enter the bone with an orientation which is non-orthogonal to the bone's surface, thereby permitting the pin to engage more of the bone.