Bone Fracture Fixation Clamp with Bone Remodeling Adaptability
AssigneeDePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
InventorsPeter Fatone, Dana COOMBS
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Abstract
A device for treating a bone includes a first clamp member sized and shaped to be mounted over a bone laterally across a fixation plate positioned along a length of the bone. In addition, the device includes a second clamp member coupleable to the first clamp member so that, when the first and second clamp members are coupled together in an operative position, the first and second clamp members extend about at least a portion of a periphery of the bone. The second clamp member includes a spring feature biased toward an initial configuration and deflectable toward a second configuration away from the bone.
Claims22
A device for treating a hone, comprising:
- a first clamp member sized and shaped to be mounted over a bone laterally across a fixation plate positioned along a length of the bone;
- and
- a second clamp member coupleable to the first clamp member so that, when the first and second clamp members are coupled together in an operative position, the first and second clamp members extend about at least a portion of a periphery of the bone, the second clamp member including a spring feature biased toward an initial configuration and deflectable toward a second configuration away from the hone.
A system for treating a bone, comprising:
- a bone fixation plate configured to be positioned along a length of a bone, the bone fixation plate extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end and including a plurality of bone fixation element receiving openings extending therethrough;
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- a fixation clamp including a first clamp member and a second clamp member coupleable to one another to extend about at least a portion of a periphery of the bone in an operative position, the first clamp member configured to be mounted over the bone fixation plate and the second clamp member being biased toward an initial configuration and deflectable toward a second configuration away from the bone.
A method for treating a bone, comprising:
- positioning a hone fixation plate along a length of a bone;
- assembling a first clamp member and a second clamp member of a fixation clamp about a portion of at least a portion of a periphery of the bone such that a first clamp member is mounted over the bone fixation plate to extend laterally thereacross;
- and
- tightening a coupling element fixing the first and second clamp members relative to one another such that a portion of the second clamp member deflects from an initial biased configuration toward a second configuration, the fixation clamp maintaining a radial compression about the bone as the second clamp member reverts toward the biased configuration as a cross-sectional area of the bone is reduced during healing of the bone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.