Sternum reinforcing device to be used after a sternotomy or a sternal fracture
AssigneeSic Brevetti S.r.l.
InventorJacob Zeitani
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Abstract
A sternum reinforcing device to be used after a sternotomy or a sternal fracture, made of a biocompatible material, comprises an elongated modular member (10) with a pair of legs (20, 30), that are joined each other by a body portion (4), and a pair of arms (6, 7). The legs (20, 30) can be fitted in an intercostal space of the thorax of a patient, laterally to the sternum, and can be bent in a mutually opposite direction, on the internal side of the thorax, after being fitted therein. The arms (6, 7), extending from one side to the other of the body portion (4) and orthogonally to the pair of legs (20, 30), constitute a male part and a female part, respectively, of a prismatic type coupling for consecutive modular members.
Claims16
A sternum reinforcing device for reinforcing a sternum after a sternotomy or a sternal fracture, said device comprising:
- a plurality of elongated members forming a sternum reinforcing group designed to extend on a surface portion along a longitudinal lateral edge of a sternum and to be fixed to said sternum, wherein the elongated members of the plurality of elongated members is are each provided with a first connection part and a second connection parts;
- said first and second connection parts being in the form of arms, wherein a first one of the arms extends in a first direction with respect to a central portion and a second one of the arms extends in a second direction with respect to said central portion, the second direction being opposite to the first direction;
- said first connection part of a first of said plurality of elongated members being joined with a second connection part of a preceding elongated member of the reinforcing group along the longitudinal lateral edge of the sternum;
- said second connection part of said first elongated member being joined with a first connection part of a following elongated member of the reinforcing group along the same longitudinal lateral edge of the sternum;
- said plurality of elongated members each being further provided with a projecting portion designed and sized to be fitted in an intercostal space adjacent to the longitudinal lateral edge of the sternum.
A sternum reinforcing device to be used after a sternotomy or a sternal fracture, said device comprising:
- at least one elongated member apt to be used as a unit of a reinforcing group, said elongated member being designed to be located on a surface portion of a longitudinal lateral edge of a sternum and is provided with a first connection part and a second connection part;
- said first and second connection parts being in the form of arms, wherein a first one of the arms extends in a first direction with respect to a central portion and a second one of the arms extends in a second direction with respect to said central portion, the second direction being opposite to the first direction;
- said first connection part of said elongated member being adapted to join with a second connection part of a preceding elongated member of the reinforcing group along the longitudinal lateral edge of the sternum;
- said second connection part of said elongated member being adapted to join with a first connection part of a following elongated member of the group along the same longitudinal lateral edge of the sternum;
- wherein
- said elongated member is further provided with a U-shaped body portion that extends between said connection parts and at right angles to them, has parallel free edges and is orthogonally bent outwards to enclose between the parallel free edges a clamping element for clamping the elongated member to the sternum, wherein said parallel free edges extend from the projecting portion in the form of legs which can be fitted in the intercostal space of the thorax of a patient, laterally to the sternum, and bent in a mutually opposite direction, on the internal side of the thorax;
- and
- a separated splint is provided comprising a multiplicity of slots for the passage and the retaining of said legs before the legs being bent from the body portion in a mutually opposite direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.