DISTRACTION APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61B17/66 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to dentistry, and can be used in increase of volume of bone and soft tissues in case of vertical atrophy of alveolar process with the aim to prepare patient to carrying out dental implantation. Distraction apparatus contains bearing screw and installed on it means of movement of mobilised bone fragment of patient's jaw from basal bone, and fastening screws for fastening said means on bone fragment and basal bone. Said means of bone fragment movement are made in form of mobile and immobile consoles, each of which has a hole, in which fastening screw is installed. Mobile console is installed on bearing screw with possibility of longitudinal reciprocating movement. Hole in immobile console is made polyhedral and in direction to axis of bearing screw. Shank of fastening screw which is in interaction with it is also made polyhedral with possibility of interaction with said polyhedral hole in immobile console. Shank of fastening screw is located transversally to thread part of said fastening screw.

EFFECT: invention provides possibility of growing alveolar process at certain angle to the vertical outwards or inwards.

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