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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Arlington, TN (US);
Brian Thoren, Memphis, TN (US);
Daniel McCormick, Bartlett, TN (US);
David Harness, Eads, TN (US);
Wesley Reed, Libertyville, IL (US);
Thomas Cramer, Gainesville, FL (US);
Gary Lowery, Eads, TN (US);
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
An orthopedic device for compressing or distracting bone parts includes an elongated body with two arms extending transversely away from the body. One arm is a stationary arm affixed to one end of the body and a second arm is a longitudinally movable. The two arms extend from the elongated body in the same direction and parallel to each other. The orthopedic device also includes a locking sleeve hingeably connected to the outer end of each of the first and second arms by a hinge joint, where each locking sleeve is configured for lockably receiving an elongated pin using a collet and a captured collet nut.