Clamping assembly for external fixation system
AssigneeBiomet Manufacturing, LLC
InventorsJeffery Cresina, Paul Thomas Slagle
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Abstract
A clamping assembly for an external fixation system, comprising a clamp body having an opening for receiving a bone fixation member; a pivotably rotatable locking arm associated with the clamp body, the locking arm being configured to provisionally hold the bone fixation member inside the opening of the clamp body; and a cam arm coupled to the locking arm, the cam arm being pivotably rotatable towards the clamp body to definitively hold the bone fixation member inside the opening of the clamp body.
Claims18
A clamping assembly for an external fixation system, comprising:
- a clamp body having an opening for receiving a bone fixation member;
- a pivotably rotatable locking arm associated with the clamp body;
- the locking arm being configured to provisionally hold the bone fixation member inside the opening of the clamp body, wherein the opening is partially defined by the locking arm;
- a cam arm coupled to the locking arm, wherein the locking arm and the cam arm pivotably rotate in the same direction to definitively hold the bone fixation member inside the opening of the clamp body;
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- a plurality of slots formed into the clamp body, wherein at least one of the plurality of slots has an end that terminates into the opening of the clamp body.
A clamping assembly for an external fixation system, comprising:
- a first clamp body having an opening for receiving a bone fixation member;
- a second clamp body operably interconnected with the first clamp body;
- a pivotably rotatable locking arm associated with the first clamp body;
- the locking arm being configured to provisionally hold the bone fixation member inside the opening of the first clamp body, wherein the opening is partially defined by the locking arm;
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- a plurality of slots formed into the first clamp body, wherein at least one of the plurality of slots has an end that terminates into the opening of the first clamp body;
- wherein the first and second clamp bodies share a common through-hole, the through-hole being configured to receive a bolt that is threadable into the locking arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.