Patent ID: 6730086
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An external fixation device for external fixation of a bone fracture comprising:at least one bone grasping tongs for seizing bone or bone fragments, the at least one bone grasping tongs comprising: two tongs levers for seizing a bone, a coupler rotatably connecting the two tongs levers to be mutually rotatable about an axis of rotation in a rotation plane, a locking element having a longitudinal axis, the tongs levers being detachably fixed with respect to each other by the locking element, and a connecting member for operatively coupling the tongs with a bone fixation element, the connecting member having a longitudinal axis and fixed to one of the tongs levers; at least one elongated support; and at least one clamp, the clamp comprising first and second clamp elements mutually rotatable about an axis of rotation; wherein the longitudinal axis of the connecting member is in the rotation plane of the tongs levers and said clamp detachably connects the at least one elongated support and the connecting member of the at least one bone grasping tongs.