Patent ID: 11911074
Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An external bone alignment device arranged and configured to align two or more bones or pieces of bone, the device comprising:
a first bone coupling device arranged and configured to engage a patient's first bone or piece of bone;
a second bone coupling device arranged and configured to engage a patient's second bone or piece of bone;
a plurality of struts coupled to the first and second bone coupling devices, each of the plurality of struts being arranged and configured to be lengthened and shortened so that adjustment of the strut moves the first bone coupling device relative to the second bone coupling device; and
a strut measurement and feedback device arranged and configured to:
selectively attach, at a plurality of attachment points, to one of the plurality of struts; and
in real time, determine and provide information regarding an absolute or relative positioning or length of the strut to which the strut measurement and feedback device is attached.