A clamping device includes a clamp body and a locking assembly. The clamp body includes a first jaw defining a first opening and a second jaw defining a second opening. The locking assembly includes a first locking element, a second locking element, and a lever. The first locking element includes a first end and a shaft portion extending from the first end. The shaft portion is sized to pass through the first opening and the second opening. The locking assembly is configured to reduce a distance between the first jaw and the second jaw responsive to rotation of the second locking element. The lever is configured to attach to the second locking element and rotate about the second locking element from a first position to a second position to cause the distance between the first jaw and the second jaw to be reduced further.

The present disclosure is directed to a medical device. The medical device can include a body having a first extension and having a second extension. The first extension can have a first adapter and the second extension can have a second adapter. The first adapter and the second adapter can couple with at least one tensioning assembly to cause the body to pivot from a first position to a second position.

The present invention is about an intra-corporal telescopic osteo-distraction device for locking the length of the bone and for providing axial, torsional and bending stability; an extra-corporal force producing device for producing a force for extension causing a lengthening of the intra-corporal device and the bone; a method for bone lengthening and a bone lengthening arrangement utilizing the devices of the invention.

An external fixing device for the treatment of bone fractures includes a first member, a second member, a central body arranged between the first member and the second member, a first ball joint for the articulated connection of the first member with the central body, a second ball joint for the articulated connection of the second member with the central body, locking means operatively associated to the first ball joint and with the second ball joint, respectively, the locking means being suitable for allowing/preventing the articulation of the first member and second member with respect to the central body, wherein the first member includes a first clamp, the second member includes a second clamp and the central body includes a third clamp for connection of the external fixing device to respective fractured bone portions to be treated.

An external fixator system includes a proximal frame configured to restrict motion in a lower extremity of a subject, and a frame connector assembly. The proximal frame includes a first, second, and third component. The first component can support a first clamp to secure a first pin inserted within a bone extending between a foot and a knee of the lower extremity. The third component extends from a second end of the second component. The first, second and third components have longitudinal axes that are substantially coplanar. The third component includes an extension to extend over a dorsal portion of the foot of the subject and to support a second clamp to secure a second pin inserted within a bone of the foot. The frame connector assembly extends from the second component to support a third clamp to secure a third pin inserted within a third bone of the foot.

Elongated pin (1) for an external fixator for temporary and/or permanent fixation applications to treat bone fractures and to connect two or more bone fragments to each other, comprising an elongated cylindrical stem (2) extending along a longitudinal axis (X) and a conical end portion (3) with a tip and an external thread for inserting the pin (1) into a bone, wherein said conical end portion (3) with a tip has an overall length, measured along the longitudinal axis (X), equal to the diameter (d) of the stem (2) 20% of said diameter (d) and wherein the stem (2) comprises a cylindrical end area (4) extending adjacent to the conical portion (3) and having an external thread which extends over a length, measured along the longitudinal axis (X), equal to the diameter (d) of the stem (2) 25% of said diameter (d).

Embodiments of the invention provide a fracture fixation device and method for treatment of a bone fracture. The fracture fixation device includes a main body having a recess formed therein, and a compression element is configured to be received in the recess. The compression element has a passage dimensioned to receive a fracture fixation pin. A compressive force is generated across the bone fracture upon the compression element receiving the fracture fixation pin to promote healing of the bone fracture. The fracture fixation device is an external fixator that provides adjustable aspects of compression, rotation, and length in a simple design that facilitates bone healing by compression.

Disclosed is an adjustable and partially removable calcaneal restraint system and treatment method in the context of a first phase of surgery wherein a transverse calcaneal pin is inserted through the calcaneus and the calcaneal restraint system is then installed pending the second surgery. An aspect of the calcaneal restraint system also provides a partially removable framework to allow better or unimpeded access to the desired site for the second surgery stage of the treatment.

A hinge apparatus has a pair of outrigger bars that attach to and extend outwardly from respective joint bodies. The outrigger bars can be adjusted at various angles relative to each other. The joint bodies have respective surfaces that face and engage each other. A joint screw connects the joint bodies. A torque amplifying knob with collapsable turn levers rotates a central screw turn actuator. The actuator is engaged with the screw so that movement of the actuator is caused in opposite first and second linear directions along the threaded body when rotational force is applied in opposite first and second rotational directions, respectively, to the torque amplifying knob. The turn levers of each knob can be collapsed in a side-by-side arrangement. The turn levers of the knobs are ergonomically designed so that the knobs can be hand operated, without tools, in the collapsed and un-collapsed configurations.

Embodiments of a multi-clamp apparatus for an orthopedic exterior fixator are disclosed. One embodiment of the multi-clamp apparatus has two clamp arms, each having a plurality of opposing crescentic channels that, when pressed together, are of a length, size, and shape to engage and secure a plurality of bone pins. An outrigger bar extends from each of the clamp arms for attachment of fixator components. Each clamp arm has a collapsible torque amplifying knob that can be hand operated and that causes relative movement of the two clamp arms for concurrently clamping and unclamping multiple bone pins when rotational force is applied to one or both of the knobs. The turn levers of each knob can be collapsed in a generally mating, side-by-side arrangement. The turn levers of the knobs are ergonomically designed so that the knobs can be hand operated, without tools, in the collapsed and un-collapsed configurations.