Surgical support for femur

• US 7,824,353 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2004
• Issued: 11/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mizuho Orthopedic Systems Incorporated (Mizuho Ikakogyo Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Orthopedic Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Matta, Joel M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bianco; Patricia M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Patel; Tarla R
• Application Number:
  US10/930,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20060064103A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,253 Days
• Field of Search: 128845-846, 128/869, 128/882, 128877-879, 248302-304, 248/692, 562/4, 564/8, 600/206, 600/208, 600/201, 600/215, 600/210, 294/26, 294/19.1, 294/82.1, 606/276, 606/246
• US Class Current: 602/35
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/8866 for gripping or pushing bones, e.g. approximators joint distractors A61B17/025
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/0036 Orthopaedic operating tables devices for stretching fractured limbs A61F5/04
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/0081 specially adapted for hip surgeries
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/12 Rests specially adapted therefor; Arrangements of patient-supporting surfaces rests for the surgeon A61B90/60; restraining devices A61F5/37
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1245 Knees, upper or lower legs
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/125 Ankles or feet

Abstract

A surgical support for a femur utilizing a shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion. The shaft lies along an axis which is coincident with a first plane. A hook connects to the shaft through an intermediate portion and lies in a second plane which intersects the first plane. The hook includes a flattened portion for support of the femur.

Claims

1. A device intended for directly contacting and supporting a femur bone within a wound of a subject during a surgical procedure, comprising:

a. a shaft, said shaft possessing a proximal portion and distal portion, at least a portion of said shaft lying along a first axis which coincides with a first plane;

b. a hook, said hook including an end, said hook end lying along a second axis which coincides with a second plane, the first and second planes intersecting one another, said hook further possessing a free tip configured and intended to enter the wound of the subject, said hook further intended for directly contacting the femur;

c. an intermediate portion connecting said shaft and said hook, said intermediate portion extending laterally from said shaft axis, said shaft, said hook end, said hook free tip, and said shaft, hook, and intermediate portion forming a one-piece member without articulation, said intermediate portion and said hook lying apart from said axis of said shaft and a base member;

said base member including a bracket having a plurality of openings spaced from each other along said bracket, each of said openings accommodate a portion of said shaft.

2. The support of claim 1 in which said shaft, said hook end, said hook free tip, and intermediate portion one-piece member without articulation comprises a one-piece tubular member without articulation.

3. The support of claim 1 in which said one-piece member without articulation comprises a rigid body.

4. The support of claim 1 in which said hook free tip includes a flattened portion.

5. The support of claim 1 in which said shaft includes an end portion configured to fit in any of said spaced openings of said bracket.