Automatic compression-distraction-torsion method and apparatus

Details Automatic compression-distraction-torsion method and apparatus Automatic compression-distraction-torsion method and apparatus

A - Human Necessities

61

B

318/21, 128/24

A61B 17/56 (2006.01) A61B 17/62 (2006.01) A61F 5/04 (2006.01) A61B 17/66 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2011574

An orthopaedic system is provided which includes a plurality of support members, a plurality of rods interconnecting the support members, a plurality of pins attached to the support members for passing through bone of a patient, and an automatic drive means to control an adjustment means of the rods to adjust the rod length of the rods to alter the relative positions of the support members. The drive means includes at least one motor for incrementally adjusting the adjustment means of at least one of the rods and a controller means for providing pulses to the motor and for storing information regarding the number of stepwise adjustments of the rod length by the motor.

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