Disposable external fixator

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A - Human Necessities

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A61B 17/60 (2006.01) A61B 17/64 (2006.01) A61B 17/66 (2006.01) A61B 19/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2121085

DISPOSABLE EXTERNAL FIXATOR ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A disposable, single-use external-fixator construction features maximum utilization of plastics material or materials. An elongate outer-body member has a cylindrical bore, and an elongate inner-body member has a cylindrical bore. Selectively operable clamping means is provided for securing the body members to each other to retain an adjusted overall body length between axially projecting ends of the body members. A separate bone-screw clamp is connected to each of the respective axially projecting ends of the body members. The connection of at least one of the bone-screw clamps to its body-member end includes a ball- joint with provision for releasably securing an adjusted orientation of the ball-joint connected bone-screw clamp with respect to its bone-screw clamp. Provision is also made for selective distraction adjustments to be made in the adjusted overall body length between the respective bone- screw clamps. And all or substantially all of the indicated components are preferably of plastics material, for such low-cost purposes as to enable economic disposal of the fixator after a single use.

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