Anti-trauma surgical plate used to fix mandibular stumps

• US 6,821,279 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2001
• Issued: 11/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Piergiacomi Sud-Srl
• Original Assignee: Piergiacomi Sud-Srl
• Inventors: Di Emidio, Paolo
• Primary Examiner(s): Reip, David O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DAVIS, DANIEL J
• Application Number:
  US10/035,053
• Publication Number:
  US 20020193796A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,061 Days
• Field of Search: 606/69, 606/61, 606/71-73, 606/54, 623/17.17, 623/17.18, 623/17.19, 623/17.15, 623/23.41, 433/173, 433/174
• US Class Current: 606/285
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/8071 for the jaw
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 606/904 Jaw plate

Abstract

The present invention relates to an anti-trauma surgical plate used to fix mandibular stumps that comprises two lateral series of rings alternated with ribbon-like connection plates and with an intermediate series of balls joined with cylindrical arms.

Claims

1. An anti-trauma surgical plate characterised by the fact that it comprises two lateral series of rings (1) capable of receiving screws (V) alternated with ribbon-like connection plates (1a) and with an intermediate series of balls (2) joined with cylindrical arms (2a), each of the series of rings alternating with two or more of the connection plates.

2. An anti-trauma surgical device to be joined to bone in a human patient, the device comprising:

a first end and an opposite second end, each end having a series of rings,

the rings in each series are joined by a series of ribbon-like plates which alternate with the respective rings,

each of the rings has a ring hole into which a respective screw is disposed, the screws being adapted to be anchored in the bone of the patient,

the rings on the first end are connected to the rings on the second end by an intermediate series of spaced-apart balls,

cylindrical connecting arms being disposed alternating with the spaced-apart balls.