METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ACHIEVING SEMI-RIGID BONE FIXATION

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ACHIEVING SEMI-RIGID BONE FIXATION

An example method is provided for maintaining stability to an injury defined by a separation of two bones (e.g., the tibia and fibula), the separation being an injured distance greater than a pre-injury distance between the two bones in a first human patient. The method may include delivering a firs...

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Hauptverfasser: THOMPSON, Jon, HORRELL, Charles, PASTOR, Torsten, TOMLINSON, Matthew, SCHEPERS, Tim, GUEORGUIEV-RÜEGG, Boyko, SOULEIMAN, Firas, GEHWEILER, Dominic, ZDERIC, Ivan, GALIE, Jessica, MOURLAS, Nicholas, SWORDS, Michael, KENT, Todd
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre
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DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:An example method is provided for maintaining stability to an injury defined by a separation of two bones (e.g., the tibia and fibula), the separation being an injured distance greater than a pre-injury distance between the two bones in a first human patient. The method may include delivering a first apparatus for approximation of the two bones in the first human patient comprising the injury, the first apparatus including a flexible segment disposed between a first anchor and a second anchor. The method may further include maintaining, by the first apparatus, a restored distance between the two bones in the first human patient after a repetitive dynamic loading, the restored distance approximately equal to the pre-injury distance.