KNEE BRACE FIXATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION THEREOF
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1. A orthopaedic implant knee brace comprising:
- two elongated plates, each of said elongated plates having more than one affixation opening therein to accommodate affixation means passing through said affixation opening;
one of said two elongated plates adapted to be placed subcutaneously, but supra-muscularly on the medial side of the patient'"'"'s knee spanning from at least the distal femur to the proximal tibia and the other of said two elongated plates adapted to be placed subcutaneously, but supra-muscularly on the lateral side of the patient'"'"'s knee spanning from at least the distal femur to the proximal tibia; and
at least four affixation means per elongated plate to affix the knee brace to the bones of the femur and tibia, at least two of said at least four affixation means passing through said more than one affixation opening in each end of each of said elongated plates.
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Abstract
An orthopaedic implant knee brace and surgical method for minimally invasive insertion of the orthopaedic implant knee hinge. The apparatus and method stabilizes the knee in patients after conventional fixation of distal femur and/or proximal tibia fractures. The orthopaedic implant knee brace allows the body weight of the patient to be offloaded from the knee joint to allow for weight bearing on the leg within days, rather than months, from the surgery.
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18 Claims
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1. A orthopaedic implant knee brace comprising:
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two elongated plates, each of said elongated plates having more than one affixation opening therein to accommodate affixation means passing through said affixation opening; one of said two elongated plates adapted to be placed subcutaneously, but supra-muscularly on the medial side of the patient'"'"'s knee spanning from at least the distal femur to the proximal tibia and the other of said two elongated plates adapted to be placed subcutaneously, but supra-muscularly on the lateral side of the patient'"'"'s knee spanning from at least the distal femur to the proximal tibia; and at least four affixation means per elongated plate to affix the knee brace to the bones of the femur and tibia, at least two of said at least four affixation means passing through said more than one affixation opening in each end of each of said elongated plates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A surgical method for minimally invasive insertion of an orthopaedic implant knee brace comprising the steps of:
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providing an orthopaedic implant knee brace comprising two elongated plates, each of said elongated plates having more than one affixation opening therein to accommodate affixation means passing through said affixation opening;
one of said two elongated plates adapted to be placed subcutaneously, but supra-muscularly on the medial side of the patient'"'"'s knee spanning from at least the distal femur to the proximal tibia and the other of said two elongated plates adapted to be placed subcutaneously, but supra-muscularly on the lateral side of the patient'"'"'s knee spanning from at least the distal femur to the proximal tibia;tunneling said orthopaedic implant knee brace subcutaneously in the subcutaneous fat layer parallel to the length dimension of the femur and tibia one each along the lateral and medial side of the leg; and attaching the ends of each elongated plate to the distal end of the femur and the proximal end of the tibia; wherein said orthopaedic implant knee brace remains disposed in the subcutaneous fat layer and away from, but parallel to the femur and tibia once attached thereto. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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