Pelvo-femoral fixator
AssigneeThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
InventorMarvin L. Shelton
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Abstract
The invention provides a fixator device for controlling the position of the femur relative to the pelvis during surgery, comprising a first curved rigid bar member having a pelvis anchor member disposed along its length for anchoring the bar member to the innominate bone of the pelvis, said bar member having a first end for anchoring to the upper pelvis and a second end for anchoring to the lower pelvis, and a second bar member attached at one end to the first bar member, and having a femur anchor member at its second end for anchoring to the base of the femur, to thereby control and fix the position of the femur relative to the pelvis during surgical operations.
Claims13
A fixator device for controlling the position of the femur relative to the pelvis during surgery, comprising:
- a first curved rigid bar member having a pelvis anchor member disposed along its length for anchoring the bar member to a single innominate bone of the pelvis, said bar member having a first end with means for anchoring to the upper half of the single innominate bone and a second end with means for anchoring to the lower half of the single innominate bone;
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- a second bar member attached to the second end of the first bar member at one end of the second bar member, and having a femur anchor member at its second end for anchoring to the base of the femur, to thereby control and fix the position of the femur relative to the pelvis during surgical operations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.