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United States Patent | 6,030,385 |
Faccioli ,   et al. | February 29, 2000 |
An orthopaedic device for the gradual correction of angular and longitudinal defects of elongated bones, comprising at least one first clamp for a first group of screws insertable in a proximal portion of a bone, and at least one second clamp for a second group of screws insertable in a distal portion of the bone, a longitudinal guide bar positioned externally of the limb to be corrected for slidably supporting the clamps; at least one of the clamps is selectively orientable about a substantially transverse axis for carrying out angular corrections of the bone. There are provided a compression/distraction device movably coupleable with the clamps for carrying out longitudinal corrections of the bone. The orientably clamp is adjustable angularly in a predetermined geometric plane, as well as adjustable transversely for the group of bone screws carried by the clamp parallel to themselves for compensating the lateral movement induced by the angular correction.
Inventors: | Faccioli; Giovanni (Monzambano, IT); Venturini; Daniele (Povegliano Veronese, IT); Ten Veldhuijs; Sander (Verona, IT) |
Assignee: | Orthofix S.r.l. (Bussolengo Verona, IT) |
Appl. No.: | 022153 |
Filed: | February 11, 1998 |
Feb 14, 1997[IT] | VR97A0013 |
Intern'l Class: | A61B 017/64 |
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