Device for external fixation of a fractured radius with simultaneous clamping of multiple pins and with a fixture for applying extension to distal bone fragments

A fixation device for holding a first plurality of pins extending into one or more fragments of a fractured bone and a second plurality of pins extending into another portion of said fractured bone, wherein said fixation device comprises:

• a main plate including a first plurality of holes providing positions for said first plurality of pins and a second plurality of holes providing positions for clamping said second plurality of pins;
• and
• a sliding pin holder slidably mounted on said main plate and releasably clamped in place on said main plate, wherein
• a hole within said second plurality of holes extends within said sliding pin holder, and
• sliding said sliding pin holder in an extension increasing direction increases a distance between a pin extending through said sliding pin holder and a pin extending through each hole in said first plurality of holes.

A method for fixing one or more fragments of a fractured bone in place with respect to an other portion of said fractured bone, wherein said method comprises:

• a) surgically inserting a first plurality of pins, to extend through holes in a first plurality of holes within a main plate of a fixation device, into said one or more fragments of fractured bone;
• b) clamping said first plurality of pins within holes in said first plurality of holes;
• c) surgically inserting a sliding pin to extend through a hole within a sliding pin holder, mounted to slid along said main plate of said fixation device, into said other portion of said fractured bone;
• d) after completing steps a) through c), sliding said sliding pin holder to establish extension between said one or more fragments of fractured bone and said other portion of fractured bone;
• and
• e) clamping said sliding pin holder in a location established in step c) to maintain said extension.