Patent ID: 7322987
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A maxillary distraction device, comprising: a facebow configured to be disposed within the mouth of a patient; first and second posterior legs coupled with the facebow, each of the posterior legs being configured to be coupled with a bone portion of the skull of the patient, from inside the mouth and on opposite sides of the mouth; first and second vertical distraction screws extending from the first and second posterior legs, respectively, the first and second vertical distraction screws forming the coupling between the facebow, and the first and second posterior legs, respectively; and wherein rotation of the first vertical distraction screw extends a first distance between the facebow and the first posterior leg, and rotation of the second vertical distraction screw extends a second distance between the facebow and the second posterior leg, the first and second distances being measured along a first plane.