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US 4,896,668 AGranted
Plate set for osteal fixation, equipped with suture strands
AssigneePeters and Company, Inc.
InventorsGeorges Popoff, Georges Schwarz
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AssigneePeters and Company, Inc.
InventorsGeorges Popoff, Georges Schwarz
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A sternum plate set for securing a patient's ribcage following surgery and for protecting internal organs during subsequent surgical procedures. The plate set is constructed of biocompatible material intended to be implanted into a patient's body during a surgical procedure behind the sternum and to remain in contact with or as a substitute for the sternum following surgery. The plate set is slightly convex in shape on a side facing the sternum, and is provided with at least one transverse channel having a suture strand and passing therethrough. The suture strand has free ends which are equipped with curved needles and are passed through the sternum and joined together to secure the plate behind the sternum so that the plate permanently remains inside the patient's body between the sternum and internal organs.
A sternum plate set for securing a patient's ribcage following surgery and for protecting internal organs during subsequent surgical procedures, comprising a plate of biocompatible material intended to be implanted into a patient's body during a surgical operation behind the sternum and to remain in contact with or as a substitute for the sternum, said plate having a slightly convex shape on a side facing said sternum, said plate being provided with at least one transverse channel having a suture strand passing therethrough, said suture strand having free ends intended to be passed through the sternum and joined together to secure the plate behind the sternum and resting against the sternum such that the plate permanently remains inside the patient's body between the sternum and internal organs.
A method of securing the sternum of the patient following surgery involving splitting of said sternum, comprising placing a biocompatible plate set behind said sternum between the patient's internal organs and said sternum, said plate set having a slightly convex shape on a side facing said sternum, said plate being provided with at least one transverse channel having a suture strand passing therethrough, said suture strand having free ends provided with curved needles;
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