Patent ID: 7465303
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An external fixation assembly for bone fusion, the assembly comprising: a first extension arm and a second extension arm pivotally connected to the first extension arm at a fixation joint portion, wherein the first extension arm includes a first threaded body having outer threads formed thereabout and the second extension arm includes a second threaded body having outer threads formed thereabout, and further wherein said fixation joint portion defines a single pivot axis; a first attachment collar and a second attachment collar cooperable with the first attachment collar, the first attachment collar being moveably disposed on the first extension arm and having a first joint portion, the second attachment collar being moveably disposed on the second extension arm and having a second joint portion wherein said first joint portion and said second joint portion each defines a single pivot axis, and said first attachment collar and said second attachment collar further include: a first pin element and a second pin element, the first pin element being moveably disposed along the first extension arm and the second pin element being moveably disposed along the second extension arm; and a first brace member and a second brace member cooperable with the first brace member, the first brace member being attached to the first pin element at the first joint portion, the second brace member being attached to the second pin element at the second joint portion; and a plurality of connecting pins for bone fusion, each of the connecting pins having first and second ends, each first end being configured to engage through bone matter for bone fusion, each second end being configured to attach to one of said fixation joint portion, said first and said second joint portions for support, each of said fixation joint portion, said first and said second joint portions being configured to receive one of the connecting pins in coaxial relation to said single pivot axis of said joint portion, and at a predetermined configuration for bone fusion of the bone matter, and further comprising a plurality of receiving members for securing the second ends of the connecting pins, each of the joint portions having one receiving member disposed therein to receive one second end to support the assembly for bone fusion, and a brace fastener for attaching the first and second brace members together, defining a triangular shape along the fixation joint portion, the first joint portion, and the second joint portion.