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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2010
Robert Frigg, Langendorf, CH;
Jens Richter, Oberdorf, CH;
Samuel Leuenberger, Oberdorf, CH;
Carl Peter Cornelius, Munich, DE;
Ross Jonathan Hamel, West Chester, PA (US);
Robert Frigg, Langendorf, CH;
Jens Richter, Oberdorf, CH;
Samuel Leuenberger, Oberdorf, CH;
Carl Peter Cornelius, Munich, DE;
Ross Jonathan Hamel, West Chester, PA (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
A system for achieving maxillo-mandibular fixation includes a bone fixation device including a bone fixation body formed from a plurality of links. The links define corresponding crests and valleys so as to impart flexibility into the bone fixation body. Thus, the bone fixation body can be aligned with the dental arch of the mandible and maxilla as necessary, and subsequently fastened to the underlying bone. Each bone fixation device includes at least one securement location on the fixation body that can attach to a securement device, such that the securement device fixes or stabilizes the mandible and the maxilla with respect to each other.