Set of surgical instruments for joining bone fragments
First Claim
1. An assembly for joining bone fragments by osteosynthesis for cranial, facial, vertebral nor hand fractures, comprising:
- a plurality of plates of various shapes and curvatures, each plate of said plurality of plates having one or more holes therein;
a plurality of screws for joining two or more bone fragments to one another with plates of said plurality of plates with each screw of said plurality of screws having a head with an equator which is formed as a cylindrical sleeve, said plurality of screws to communicate with the holes of said plurality of plates; and
screwdriver means, having a blade and a handle, for joining bone fragments to one another with said plurality of plates by means of said plurality of screws.
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Abstract
This invention concerns a set of surgical instruments for joining bone fragments (osteosynthesis) by screw fastening, especially in the case of cranial, facial, vertebral or hand fractures, comprising several plates of different shapes and curvatures and with holes and/or several screws and/or a screwdriver 8 and/or a bending instrument and/or a depth gauge and/or a drill and/or a cutting instrument. Special designs of said plates, screws and also said screwdriver 8 are given, whereby the latter comprises a blade 10, coaxially and movably a collet 11 with, at the lower end, radial, spring-supported jaws 15 and on said collet 11 an axially slidable retaining sleeve 12, which in its lowermost position presses said jaws 15 inwards.
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1. An assembly for joining bone fragments by osteosynthesis for cranial, facial, vertebral nor hand fractures, comprising:
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a plurality of plates of various shapes and curvatures, each plate of said plurality of plates having one or more holes therein; a plurality of screws for joining two or more bone fragments to one another with plates of said plurality of plates with each screw of said plurality of screws having a head with an equator which is formed as a cylindrical sleeve, said plurality of screws to communicate with the holes of said plurality of plates; and screwdriver means, having a blade and a handle, for joining bone fragments to one another with said plurality of plates by means of said plurality of screws. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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