Invention Grant
- Patent Title: External fixator
- Patent Title (中): 外固定器
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Application No.: US11737748Application Date: 2007-04-20
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Publication No.: US07985221B2Publication Date: 2011-07-26
- Inventor: Thomas Coull , Lon S. Weiner
- Applicant: Thomas Coull , Lon S. Weiner
- Applicant Address: US MN Plymouth
- Assignee: Millennium Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Millennium Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Plymouth
- Agency: Shewchuk IP Services, LLC
- Agent Jeffrey D. Shewchuk
- Main IPC: A61B17/00
- IPC: A61B17/00 ; A61F4/00 ; A61F5/04

Abstract:
An external fixator for treating a fracture of a long bone has six extension arms which are extendable out of and retractable into a main body. The six extension arms are arranged into two sets of three out opposing sides of the main body, with each set of three extension arms being able to support a fixation ring. Each extension arm is pivotable at a joint and extendable so as to allow the ring to be set at a wide range of angular positions relative to the main body. The three extension arms and the ring each define a wrap angle about the axis of the long bone being treated. The longitudinal position of each extension arm can be changed either with a coarse adjustment capability or with a fine adjustment capability, with the coarse adjustment capability being through rotation of a thumb wheel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080021451A1 External Fixator Public/Granted day:2008-01-24
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