210 results about "Fracture site" patented technology

An axial intramedullary screw having a straight cylindrical outer surface for the operative treatment of long bones, the screw having two tips and a screw thread extending between the tips. At each of the tips there is a connection portion for screwdriver. The screw thread is used for cutting into the cortical bone of the medullary canal and due to the screwdriver connection at both ends it can be driven from either end through the cortical bone. This allows a method to be used in which the screw is threaded into one portion of a bone fragment and then after connecting a further bone fragment at the fracture site, screwed in a different direction into that further fragment. The screw also includes a transverse screw hole at one or both ends for the passage of an interlocking transverse screw therethrough.

A system for percutaneous fixation and stabilization of a fracture with a spanning, expandable structural frame placed in the intramedullary canal of the bone, comprising a column of surgical fluid such as bone cement, within which the structural frame acts as a reinforcing cage, and a sheath positioned at the fracture site and at least partially surrounding the frame and fluid. The fluid may be supported by a restrictor and may be agitated with a vibrating probe to remove entrapped air. The structural frame may be self-expanding or opened by an internal force, and it may be retrievable. The frame, fluid, or sheath may contain antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, or other therapeutic compounds to be delivered to the fracture site.

Reduction of a bone fragment of a bone fracture at a bone fracture site is accomplished through a minimally invasive access passage utilizing instruments having a working head actuated from a location remote from the bone fracture site, between an insertion configuration dimensioned and configured to present a minimal cross-sectional area for ready passage through the minimally invasive access passage and a working configuration dimensioned and configured to establish an essentially rigid working face of substantially greater cross-sectional area than the minimal cross-sectional area. The working head is actuated into the working configuration and manipulated from the remote location while in the working configuration to engage the working face with the bone fragment and manipulate the bone fragment into an anatomically appropriate reduced position at the bone fracture site.

A bone plate for the compression of a fracture site or osteotomy of a bone includes a bone plate body having a plurality of screw holes and bone screws accommodated in the screw holes. At least one of the screw holes is teardrop shaped having a wide portion and a narrow portion. The bone screw selected for use in the screw hole can be either a locking screw or a non-locking screw, as the screw hole can accept both types.

An apparatus and method for treating a long bone fracture in the limb of an animal wherein a non-invasive technique is provided for intermittently inducing a shortening in length of the skeletal musculature surrounding the long bone, whereby a compressive force may be intermittently applied to the fractured bone. Suitably a radial inward force is applied substantially fully around the circumference to the limb, by an inflatable cuff or sleeve, that is transmitted to the surrounding muscles. Alternatively, electrical signals cause active contraction of the musculature. The treatment may include the application of about 55 to 65 compressions each day for at least 10 days, and commencing within about 7 days of the fracture being sustained. The compressions, applied with frequency in the range of 0.05 Hz to 2 Hz, are desirably just short of that which produces fracture site pain and the intensity of the compressions may be increased between treatment sessions, consistent with heating.

A fracture fixation implant formed from a single piece of material bent in loop form to provide juxtaposed first and second legs joined by a bend. The first leg is dimensional and configured to be implanted within a bone to extend across a fracture in the bone, the second leg extending backwardly from the bend and having a length to extend on an outer surface of the bone across the fracture. The implant exits from the bone at the bend, such that application of a pulling force on the second leg produces compression across the fracture. The second leg is flat and is provided with a plurality of holes in which bone screws can be installed to secure the second leg directly to the bone and maintain the compression across the fracture. The implant avoids the use of washers.

Surgical instruments and procedures are disclosed that enable the injection of an optimal amount of curable resin and/or the placement of an internal fixation device in an intramedullary canal of a fractured bone. The disclosed instruments and procedures enable a surgeon to clear a portion of the canal of cancellous bone and marrow across the fracture site without damaging the cortical wall.

A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating bone fractures by the application of intermittent pneumatic compression. The period of compression is sufficient to induce venous stasis at the fracture site. The period of recovery can be about half the period of compression. The applied pressure can be in the range os about 25–60 mmHg.

An apparatus and method of monitoring healing and/or assessing mechanical stiffness of a bone fracture or the like is disclosed. The method comprises (a) recording a strut length of a variable length strut with an indicator pin, wherein the strut is on an external fixator is in a no or minimal load situation; (b) inputting such strut length, mounting parameters, and frame parameters into software to determine a first pose and position of the fixator; (c) positioning at least one indicator clip on each side of the indicator pin; (d) applying a load or torque to the bone fracture; (e) recording strut length of the variable length strut in loaded situation; (f) inputting such strut length, mounting parameters, and frame parameters into software to determine for a second pose and position of the fixator in a loaded situation; (g) solving for a change in pose and position by subtracting the second pose and position from the first pose and position; and (h) solving for the stiffness of the bone fracture by dividing the load applied to the bone fracture by the change in position and pose. An apparatus and indicator clip are also disclosed.

The invention discloses an in vivo degradable and absorbable metal encirclement device for bone fracture internal fixation, which consists of a single claw-shaped fixing part, or a plurality of claw-shaped fixing parts and connecting plates combined together alternately. The encirclement device is prepared from a degradable metal material. The encirclement device tightly encircles a bone fracture part through a fixed claw to realize engagement alignment of broken bones; the connecting plates of the encirclement device connect the claw-shaped fixing parts together to form a shape matched with that of a bone. When the bone fracture part is healed up, the connecting plates of the encirclement device are degraded gradually, and when the bone fracture part has the mechanical strength of a normal bone, claw-shaped fixing ends of the encirclement device lose the fixing effect, become fragments coated by muscles and fibrous tissues and finally are completely absorbed by an organism. On the premise of meeting the fixing effect of a magnesium alloy bone plate, the encirclement device can greatly improve the treatment effect of the magnesium alloy bone plate without using wedge-type fixing ends such as magnesium alloy bone pegs and the like, and simultaneously, the magnesium alloy bone plate is not needed to be taken out through a secondary operation, so that pains of the patient are alleviated and postoperative long-term risks of the patient are reduced.

A bone plate system for repair of a proximal humeral head fracture, which includes a fixation plate having a main body and a depending alignment flange, a plurality of elongated compression screws to extend through the intact humeral head into the cortical bone of the fractured portion and a cover plate. With the fixation plate in place, fastened to the humerus, the cover plate is in turn fastened to the fixation plate and provides a defined amount of clearance in a region adjacent the heads of the compression screws to allow measured back-out of the screws upon settling of the fractured bone portion at the fracture site.

The invention belongs to the field of medical apparatus and instruments, and relates to a femoral shaft fracture internally fixing instrument, which comprises a lockable steel plate and an aiming assembly of the lockable steel plate, wherein the lockable steel plate comprises a steel plate, a single lock, a linkage lock and a lock nail; the aiming assembly comprises a single lock aiming fixator and a linkage lock aiming fixator; an auxiliary assembly bone nail, a bone nail hole positioning hook and a combined screwdriver. In the femoral shaft fracture internally fixing instrument, an arc which corresponds to the forward physiological curve of a femoral shaft is designed on the steel plate longitudinally; an arc which corresponds to the transverse diameter of the femoral shaft is designed transversely near a bone surface, so that the arc is put in the middle of the fracture position along an arc line of the femoral shaft to contact bones in a limited mode; and the lateral surface is circular arc curved surfaces which are distributed symmetrically and uniformly. The linkage lock strides over a fracture line on the inner side of the femoral shaft, and the single lock is away from the fracture line; and the aiming assembly is used for aiming, fixing, drilling and assembling, and is easy to operate. The femoral shaft has the advantages that the fixation is stable, postoperative additional fixation is avoided, functional exercise can be performed in early stage, and the union of fracture is facilitated, and internal fixtures are convenient to dismantle after union.

The invention provides a medical splint with a heat-induced shape memory function, which is used for fixing fracture parts of a human body and belongs to the fields of bone fixation and polymer material processing. The medical splint includes two parts: a splint main body and a temperature control system. The temperature control system can realize the heating and temperature control of the main body of the splint, so that the shape memory layer of the splint can use the fabric layer and the connecting layer to quickly deform the shape memory splint to the best shape of the fracture site at the thermal deformation temperature, and then quickly cool and fix it , It must also be heated to the heat distortion temperature when dismantling, loosen the connection structure, and can be easily dismantled. The shape memory layer is made of environmentally friendly and non-toxic polymer materials, and the foam insulation layer is made of environmentally friendly and non-toxic physical foaming materials. The medical splint has the advantages of light weight, high strength, convenient operation, precise temperature control, and reusability.

A compression splint is provided for reduction, compression and stabilization of spinal, pelvic, and long bone fractures. The compression splint includes a plurality of plates selectively disposed at a plurality of positions of a fracture site; a plurality of inflatable cushions, each cushion positioned between respective plates of the plurality of plates and the fracture site; and a support means for supporting the plurality of plates and plurality of cushions compressively against the fracture site in three dimensions, Additionally, the plates of the compression splint can be adjusted, removed or additional plates added to further customize the compressive force applied to the fracture site.