Patent ID: 7901409
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for reducing and/or fixing one or more bone surfaces at a desired position, the device comprising: a) a first flexible blade and a parallel second flexible blade, each blade having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of each blade being directly attached to a hollow extender tube having a lumen; b) a hinged two-armed cross bar, one end of which bar is attached to the first blade and one end of which bar is attached to the second blade, wherein the attachments are at points in between the proximal and distal ends of each blade; and, c) an extension rod having a proximal end and a distal end, which rod is attached at the distal end to the hinge of the two-armed cross bar and whose proximal end moveably traverses through the lumen of the hollow extender tube; wherein the distal ends of the flexible blades can be moved controllably apart from one another by manipulation of the extension rod, and wherein the flexible blades can be locked at a desired position.