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US 5,669,908 AGranted
Cast brace for femoral shaft fractures in children
OwnerR. V. Gracillainventor
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Abstract
A cast brace for use for the treatment of children having femoral shaft fractures. The brace includes a main support bracket adapted to extend from a support cast. A tension assembly extending from the brace to a support yolk applying tension to a K-wire extending transversely through the leg specifically the tibia adjacent the tip of the medial malleolus secured to a traction bow. Adjustability of the traction tension to facilitate proper bone alignment and to expedite the time required to maintain the limb in traction.
Claims9
A surgical device for setting fractures of a human leg comprises in combination,
- a pair of parallel longitudinally adjustable support brackets extending along a patient's leg, said support brackets interconnected at their distal end portion
- a cast on said patient engaging said support brackets,
- a bow with a wire engageable through a portion of said patient's leg,
- a tension adjustment means for applying distal direct force to said leg on said distal end portion of said support brackets in spaced longitudinal relation to said leg,
- rigid support wires extending from said bow in parallel spaced co-planar alignment with one another and the longitudinal axis of said leg, and an intermediate yoke engageable by said rigid support wires and said tension adjustment means on said support brackets.
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