External tutor for the treatment of radius distal end fractures

• US 6,053,915 A
• Filed: 09/02/1998
• Issued: 04/25/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Guillermo Victorio Bruchmann
• Original Assignee: Guillermo Victorio Bruchmann
• Inventors: Bruchmann, Guillermo Victorio
• Primary Examiner(s): Buiz, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shai, Daphna
• Application Number:
  US09/145,632
• Time in Patent Office: 601 Days
• Field of Search: 606/54, 606/55, 606/57, 606/59
• US Class Current: 606/54
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/6416 with non-continuous, e.g. hinged, pin-clamp connecting element A61B17/6425, A61B17/6441 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention refers to an external tutor for treating fractures in the radius distal end, said type of external tutor contemplates the use of longitudinal pins to be inserted in the bone structure. Its main advantage is that it provides stiffness and stability to the fractured zone, allowing, in turn, a higher mobility if compared to traditional resources. It consists of a planar and elongated part, comprising a body and a head articulated to it. Both the head and the body have orifices which are run through by the pins, which are withheld by pressure fitting-up bolts integrally lodged into threaded orifices matching said orifices through which the pins run through. Since the passing orifices in the head are oblique, both the pins and the tutor as a whole define a structure of triangular conformation.

Claims

1. An external tutor suitable for treating fractures in the radius distal end using a plurality of pins that are inserted in the radius bone structure, the tutor comprising;

a body defining a main planar surface and at least one orifice extending through the body substantially perpendicular to the main planar surface, each orifice for receiving a respective one of the pins;

a head articulated to the body and defining a main planar surface orientable substantially parallel to the main planar surface of the body, the head further defining at least one orifice extending therethrough at an angle oblique to the main planar surface of the head, each orifice for receiving a respective one of the pins; and

a plurality of threaded orifices extending laterally into the body and head, each threaded orifice communicating with a respective one of the orifices; and

a plurality of screws threadable into the threaded orifices so that when the respective one of the pins is inserted into the respective one of the orifices, a respective one of the screws may be threaded into a respective one of the threaded orifices to fix the respective one of the pins relative to the respective one of the orifices.

2. An external tutor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the head has a proximal extension lodged into a defined cavity of the body, both sections being run through by a fitting-up screw, which acts as a transverse axis of articulation.

3. An external tutor as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fitting-up screw acts as a transverse axis of articulation of the head relative to the body, and extends substantially parallel to the main planar surfaces of the body and the head.

4. An external tutor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the angle oblique to the main planar surface of the head is 45°

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5. An external tutor as claimed in claim 1, wherein a rigid, substantially triangular structure is defined by the pins, the body and the head.

6. An external tutor as claimed in claim 5, wherein the rigid substantially triangular structure forms a right triangle.