DEVICE FOR CLOSING CRANIAL VAULT BONES DEFECTS Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A61F2/28 

FIELD: medical engineering.

SUBSTANCE: device has oxidized titanium plate having holes arranged in chess-board pattern allover the plate surface. Holes diameter is 1.5-2.0 mm large, center-to-center distance in row is equal to 4 mm and row-to-row distance is 3 mm. Bone tissue proliferates through the holes. Fastening members are Ω-shaped clamps manufactured from metal possessing shape memory properties. The plate is oval or round and has triangular notches turned w turned with their tips towards the center. The triangular notches are spaced in equidistant to each other. Before being set, lateral cheeks of the notches are brought close to each other to make the plate spherical. The fastening members are arranged in plate holes with both lateral cheeks of the triangular notches, brought close to each other, being simultaneously caught along plate edge.

EFFECT: enhanced treatment and cosmetic effectiveness.

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