BREAST BONE FIXATION APPARATUS USED AFTER STERNOTOMY OR BREAST BONE FRACTURE Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC A61B17/80 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions concerns medicine. An apparatus contains at least one elongated part (1; 10) used as a module of fixation group of parts (1; 10) and designed to be mounted on a surface part of anterior longitudinal lateral edge of breast bone and provided with the first and second adapters (6; 7). The first adapter (6) of the elongated part (1; 10) is attachable to the second adapter (7) of the previous elongated part of the fixation group of such parts towards longitudinal lateral edge of breast bone. The second adapter (7) of the elongated part is attachable to the first adapter (6) of the following elongated part of group of such parts towards the same longitudinal lateral edge of breast bone. The elongated part (1; 10) additionally has an extension (4) to be placed in intercostal space adjoining longitudinal lateral edge of breast bone. The method for breast bone fixation after sternotomy or breast bone fracture provides the following stages: fixation group consisting of set of the elongated parts (1; 10) is applied with each part (1; 10) placed on the surface part of anterior longitudinal lateral edge of breast bone and supplied with the first and second adapters (6; 7). The first adapter (6) of the elongated part (1; 10) is attached to the second adapter (7) of the previous elongated part of fixation group of such parts towards longitudinal lateral edge of breast bone. The second adapter (7) of the elongated parts is attached to the first adapter (6) of the following elongated part of group of such parts towards the same longitudinal lateral edge of breast bone. The elongated part (1; 10) additionally comprises the extension (4) in intercostal space adjoining longitudinal lateral edge of breast bone.

EFFECT: inventions provide closure of breast bone and transverse fixation of breast halves, as well as anterior and posterior breast parts.

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