Patent ID: 9402651
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A fixation clamp for use in an external fixation system for holding bone fragments adjacent to each other with the help of fixation elements, said fixation clamp comprising: at least one clamping assembly comprising first and second jaws, and at least one locking element having a central longitudinal axis extending through the first and second jaws for blocking the first and second jaws; the first jaw having a first contact surface and a first, second and third groove; the second jaw having a first contact surface and a first, second and third groove, the second jaw first contact surface is in contact with the first contact surface of the first jaw; three receptions are provided by the alignment of the first, second and third grooves on the first and second jaws, each reception can accommodate a fixation element along a longitudinal axis of the respective reception; first and second orientation devices that extend from and/or into said first contact surfaces of the first and second jaw, the first and second orientation devices are adapted to orient the first jaw with respect to the second jaw, wherein the first orientation device comprises an elongate recess extending from said first contact surfaces into the first jaw and the second orientation device comprises a protrusion extending from the first contact surfaces of the second jaw, wherein said protrusion engages in said elongate recess, wherein the elongate recess has the shape of a channel or a slot extending along a first central longitudinal axis which is substantially parallel to a plane of the first jaw first contact surface wherein the protrusion extends in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the locking element and said first central longitudinal axis of said channel or slot extends in a plane substantially perpendicular to said central longitudinal axis of the locking element, wherein said protrusion engages into said channel or slot in a direction perpendicular to said central axis of the channel or slot and wherein said channel or slot opens out into two of the first, second and third grooves.