Device for the extension of bones

• US 5,681,313 A
• Filed: 01/26/1996
• Issued: 10/28/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co KG
• Original Assignee: Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co KG
• Inventors: Diez, Ingolf
• Primary Examiner(s): Buiz, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Woo, Julian W.
• Application Number:
  US08/592,215
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 606/69, 606/70, 606/71, 606/57, 606/105, 606/86, 606/87, 606/55, 606/96, 606/60, 606/63, 433/173
• US Class Current: 606/70
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/663 for jaw bones, e.g. subcutaneous distractors with external access periodontal bone regeneration A61C8/0006
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/8004 with means for distracting or compressing the bone or bones
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/8071 for the jaw

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for bone extension comprising two bone plates adapted to be slid in relation to one another in the longitudinal direction. In accordance with the invention one bone plate is designed in the form of a slide, which is adapted to slide bidimensionally in relation to the other bone plate.

Claims

1. An internal fixation device for the extension of bones comprising two bone plates articulatingly connected and adapted to slide in relation to each other in the longitudinal direction, wherein

one such bone plate is designed in the form of a slide, which is able to be slid along a curved track in the longitudinal direction in relation to the other bone plate bidimensionally.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, where in sliding of the two bone plates in relation to each other takes place using a screw.

4. The device as claimed in any claim 1 wherein at least in the course of one part of the sliding movement the slide has a pin thereof fitting into a corresponding groove in the other bone plate, said groove defining said curved track.

6. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein at least in the course of one part of the sliding movement the slide has a pin thereof fitting into a corresponding groove in the other bone plate, said groove defining said curved track.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein all components thereof are structured and arranged for internal fixation and extension of bones of a jaw.

9. The device as claimed in claim 1, whereto said one bone plate is in the form of a slightly distorted rhomb with rounded corners.

10. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said one bone plate is in the form of a slightly distorted rhomb with rounded corners.

12. The device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said one bone plate is in the form of a slightly distorted rhomb with rounded corners.

13. The device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said one bone plate is in the form of a slightly distorted rhomb with rounded corners.

14. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said screw extends in the longitudinal sliding direction.

15. The device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said screw extends in the longitudinal sliding direction.

3. A device for the extension of bones comprising two bone plates adapted to slide in relation to each other in the longitudinal direction wherein

one such bone plate is designed in the form of is slide, which is able to be slid along a curved track in the longitudinal direction in relation to the other bone plate bidimensionally,

sliding of the two bone plates in relation to each other takes place using a screw, and

the screw is arranged in a rotatable fashion in a longitudinal slot in an extension of the other bone plate and using the screw, a thrust plate, which is connected articulatingly with a bolt, may be caused to slide, said thrust plate being for its part articulatingly connected with the slide.

11. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said one bone plate is in the form of a slightly distorted rhomb with rounded corners.

5. A device for the extension of bones comprising two bone plates adapted to slide in relation to each other in the longitudinal direction, wherein

one such bone plate is designed in the form of a slide, which is able to be slid along a curved track in the longitudinal direction in relation to the other bone plate bidimensionally, and

sliding of the two bone plates in relation to each other takes place using a screw.

7. A device for the extension of bones comprising two bone plates adapted to slide in relation to each other in the longitudinal direction, wherein

one such bone plate is designed in the form of a slide, which is able to be slid along a curved track in the longitudinal direction in relation to the other bone plate bidimensionally,

sliding of the two bone plates in relation to each other takes place using a screw,

the screw is arranged in a rotatable fashion in a longitudinal slot in an extension of the other bone plate and using the screw, a thrust plate, which is connected articulatingly with a bolt, may be caused to slide, said thrust plate being for its part articulatingly connected with a slide, and

at least in the course of one part of the sliding movement the slide has a pin thereof fitting in to a corresponding groove in the other bone plate, said groove defining said curved track.