US 2006/0142771 A1 · Bone clamp

Abstract

A bone clamp moving bone segments relative to each other. The clamp comprises a first and second branch and a bridge connecting the first and second branch. Each branch may have a free end and a rear end. The bone clamp may have a first, undeformed state, where the branches may be angled or substantially parallel with respect to each other. The bone clamp may have a second, deformed state, where the braches may be moved from the first state. The bone clamp may be deformed using an instrument such as pliers. When the bone clamp is in the deformed state, the branches may be inserted into bone segments. Thereafter, the instrument may be disengage from the bone clamp and the clamp may return to its undeformed state. While returning to the first, undeformed, state the bone clamp may apply compressive or distraction forces on the bone segments, thereby moving the bone segments relative to each other.

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Dependent claims

A bone clamp comprising:

a first branch having a first end and a second end;
a second branch having a first end and a second end;
and
a bridge operably connecting the first and second branches, the bridge being configured and adapted to be deformable to move the first and second branches relative to each other, the bridge lying in a first plane;
wherein the bone clamp has a first state and a second state, and
wherein the first ends are a first distance apart and the second ends are a second distance apart, the first and second distances are different in at least one of the first and second states.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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