Apparatus for treating fractures in extremities
OwnerPeter Habermeyer, Stefan Lederer +1inventors
InventorsPeter Habermeyer, Stefan Lederer, Andreas Hassler
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Abstract
An apparatus for treating fractures in extremities and regions of extremities which is in particular provided for the treatment of extremity fractures in the region of the lower leg, thigh, lower arm and upper arm has at least two shell parts which can be clamped relative to one another which enclose the extremity to be surrounded. Deformable and evacuatable vacuum-tight cushions having at least one valve and in which there are located a plurality of filling bodies, which are movable relative to one another, in particular small grained filling bodies, are provided between the shell parts and the extremity.
Claims23
An apparatus for treating a fracture in an extremity comprising:
- first and second rigid shell parts coupled together for surrounding the extremity;
- at least one cushion positioned between the shell parts and the extremity, the cushion having an interior wall and an exterior wall defining a vacuum tight inner space therebetween, the cushion having at least one evacuation valve for evacuating the inner space, only a portion of the cushion being connected to the rigid shell parts;
- a plurality of filling bodies movable relative to one another disposed in the inner space of the cushion;
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- means for adjusting an internal diameter of the rigid shell parts to adapt the rigid shell parts to varying sizes of the cushion after the cushion has been applied about the extremity and evacuated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.