Patent ID: 9700353
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A61B,Y10T

Claim:
1. An internal mandibular distractor comprising: a housing member elongating along a longitudinal axis, the housing member having at least one elongated slot elongating along at least a portion of the longitudinal axis and opening laterally through at least a side portion of the housing member; at least one fixed footplate attached to the housing member, the fixed footplate being attachable to a first bone surface; a drive rod arranged within the housing member along the longitudinal axis; and at least one moveable footplate engageable with the drive rod through the elongated slot by a connector, the movable footplate being attachable to a second bone surface, wherein, a distal interface of the drive rod is rotatably secured to a distal end of the housing member, the distal interface of the drive rod having a channel for rotatably securing the drive rod to the housing member when a retaining pin is received in the channel, and wherein, upon attachment of the fixed and moveable footplates to the respective first and second bone surfaces, a bottom portion of the housing member is proximate to the first and second bone surfaces, and the side portion is further from the bone surfaces than the bottom portion in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.