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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2013
Applicants:
Bing-tang Zhong, Houston, TX (US);
Ping-chung Chung, Xin Zhu, TW;
Yueh-lin Chung, Xin Zhu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/37 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/06 (2006.01); A61L 15/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/04 (2006.01); A61F 13/02 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/041 (2013.01); A61F 5/00 (2013.01); A61F 5/01 (2013.01); A61F 13/00 (2013.01); A61F 13/02 (2013.01); A61F 13/0273 (2013.01); A61F 13/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a casting apparatus for external skeletal and joint fixation, a plurality of articulated segments may comprise a plurality of cuboid members threaded on a continuous cord having distal ends connected to actuators. The cuboid members may be disposed between guide members threaded on the cord. Actuation of the actuators applies a tension force to the cord, thereby compressing the cuboid members together to form rigid cuboid segments and maintain the casting apparatus in a rigid configuration for skeletal and joint fixation.