COMPRESSION-DISTRACTION APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has bearing ring, wire holders, three half-rings fixed on threaded tie rods with nuts like the ring does. Rods and rod holders are fixed on the half-rings. Two radial slots are made in the middle of toothed half-ring. Clamp-shaped cantilever is fastened with a nut in one of slots. The cantilever is movable both in radial direction and around the splinters. Rotation is carried out by moving the toothed half-ring by means of a gear with control lever. EFFECT: enabled reduction and rotation with wire- and rod-mediated splinter fixation. 2 cl, 1 dwg