O'Gara pelvic reduction clamp
OwnerTadhg O'Garainventor
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Abstract
A pelvic fixation device which allows the three dimensional reduction of pelvic fractures, dislocations, or fracture dislocations. The device is adapted to attach to the anterior aspect of each hemipelvis. On one side it is devised to fixate the hemipelvis while on the other side it is adapted to provide a mechanism for distraction or compression and maintenance of this manipulative reduction force in three dimensions, especially in an anterior/posterior or vertical/inferior direction for a prolonged period of time. The device is adapted to be portable by its inclusion of a frame which can be placed beneath the patient or it can be applied in an operating room or emergency room and used as definitive or adjunctive treatment to other surgical procedures on the pelvic bone.
Claims8
A device for enabling the anatomic reduction of pelvic fractures, dislocations, or fracture dislocations in 3 planes comprising:
- a) a first part, securing anteriorly to one hemipelvis and providing means of fixating it to a stationary object, thereby stabilizing one half of pelvic ring;
- b) a second part, having two points of fixation, the first of which secures anteriorly to the other hemipelvis, the other half securing to a stationary object, and between providing the mechanism for delivering traction directly to pelvic ring via a stanchion device or lever arm or any method of force vector application through said stanchion device or lever arm which is fixated to a stationary object, as well as mechanism that enables variation of position and direction of said force vector upon the part secured to the bone;
- c) a frame beneath patient which can take the place of described stationary objects and to which both parts of described invention can be secured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.