Provided is an implant for sternum replacement including an upper face, a posterior face, extensions for fitting with the ribs and extensions for fitting with the manubrium, wherein that implant is manufactured in a single piece with high performance engineering polymers, with an anatomical adjustment tailored to each patient, which guarantees the reduction of the number of elements in contact with the patient, facilitating and speeding up the surgical procedure, at the same time, the required mechanical and flexibility properties, are guaranteed.

Implantable fixation devices for rejoining opposed portions of a separated bone. The devices include plates that may be affixed to a rib and realign separated portions of the rib or other body part. The devices may also include various locking mechanisms that receive a cable that may be used to realign and bring together separated portions of a bone or other body part. The devices may further include plates that may be affixed to a sternum and realign separated portions of the sternum or other body part.

Systems for the minimally invasive repair, stabilization and/or fixation of a fractured bone, such as a rib, are disclosed. The systems include one or more rods/support members that are designed to extend along a dimension of a bone being repaired and secure the fractured bone. The support members can be photodynamic and are formed using an expandable member that is filled with a light-sensitive liquid that is cured to form the rigid support member. Two or more clamps are used to secure the support member(s) to the rib or other bone. Minimally invasive surgical methods for securing the systems to a fractured bone are also disclosed.

A plate assembly for stabilizing a bone is provided. The plate assembly includes a fixation plate having rails that form a window. The plate assembly includes a band having a tail and a head. The head defines an internal cavity configured to receive a portion of the tail. The fixation plate is configured to be positioned proximate to a bone. The head is configured to be at least partially received within the window. Further, the band is configured to be wrapped around the fixation plate and the bone, and the internal cavity of the head is configured to receive an end of the tail to form a loop. The band is configured to receive a tension force to tighten the loop formed by the band. The band may passively engage the fixation plate so that bands may be easily removed from windows when no tension is applied to the band.

To replace costal cartilage that has been surgically removed, a surgeon can implant a flexible element to connect a rib to the sternum. In some examples, the flexible element can be formed from a material having a selected durometer (e.g., a measure of material stiffness or hardness), and can be shaped to have a selected geometry (e.g., cross-sectional size and shape), to match the flexibility (e.g. resistance to bending) of the natural costal cartilage. The flexible element can connect to the rib via a rib bracket, which can be rigid, and can attach to a sternal end of the rib via one or more fasteners. The flexible element can connect to the sternum via a sternum bracket, which can also be rigid, and can also attach to the sternum via one or more fasteners. The fasteners can be screws, nails, staples, or others.

Disclosed herein is an implant for bone fixation comprising an elongated member configured to be wound around bone parts that are to be fixed, an engagement member coupled to the elongated member and configured to engage a portion of the elongated member so as to secure the implant in a loop around the bone parts, and a fastening member arranged between and coupled to the elongated member and the engagement member. The fastening member comprises at least two separate pieces each comprising one opening for receiving a bone fastener, wherein the separate pieces are coupled to each other by a material having a lower material strength than a material from which the separate pieces are made.

A pectus bar pectus bar assembly can include a pectus bar and a stabilizer. The pectus bar can include a first portion including a first periphery and a second portion opposite the first portion. The stabilizer can include a stabilizer body including a recess engageable with the second portion. The stabilizer can also include a locking cam rotatable within the body to secure the stabilizer to the first portion.

A prosthesis for splinting or replacing a rib, characterized in that it comprises a piece curved in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse sense, which defines a concave face and a convex face, said prosthesis having a warping on its longitudinal axis and two or more transverse grooves on its convex face to support the means for fixing the ribs. The prosthesis may eventually contain a line of radiopaque material that facilitates its radiological visibility.

The invention is a solution for osteosynthesis made with molded metal sheets joined vertically and horizontally, fitted to the shape and dimensions of the fractured bone to keep it immobile and united. For the orthosis, it depicts metal sheets joined with horizontal and vertical movements, molded to the form and dimensions of vertebrae and joints to keep them separated. The sheet metals have wavy shapes, channels and undulations that give consistency and structural strength to bending, tension, shear and bends for joints. It also describes the process for the osteosynthesis with metal sheets and 3D printing, where the surgeon wraps the osteosynthesis or molded orthosis around the bone, vertebrae or joint, fastening it with clamps that tighten and lock with a surgical instrument, without screws. The sheet metals have viewpoint holes to see through during surgery and subsequent control with Roentgen. The clamps are in channels, which have micro-points on the side contacting the bone.

An implant system for treating fractures of a curved bone structure is proposed which comprises the following: an implant body which is provided to be arranged on the bone structure and to be in contact with the latter at least in some regions, wherein the implant body has a rod-like longitudinal extent, wherein the implant body has at least one middle piece which, at both ends, has at least one respective holding piece, wherein the holding pieces are each designed to be flexurally and/or torsionally resistant in such a way as to allow the respective holding piece to rest substantially flat along a particular region of the bone structure assigned to it, and wherein the at least one middle piece is designed to be elastic in such a way that the at least two holding pieces are bendable relative to each other about at least one flexion or torsion axis.