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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Leroy Rise, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Christina Salas, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Aaron Dickens, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mahmoud Reda Taha, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Leroy Rise, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Christina Salas, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Aaron Dickens, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mahmoud Reda Taha, Albuquerque, NM (US);
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A fixation device and method for the subcutaneous fixation of bone fragments. A fixation mesh is formed by the intersection of a plurality of linear legs that are interconnected in sagittal planes to form linear sagittal lines and a plurality of crimped legs that are interconnected in transverse planes to form transverse lines. The mesh resists expansive forces that are created in the linear sagittal lines and a compressive stress is created in the transverse lines when tensile loads are applied to the linear sagittal lines resulting in a device that minimizes the gap distance between bone fragments.