Patent ID: 6053915
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An external tutor suitable for treating fractures in the radius distal end using a plurality of pins that are inserted in the radius bone structure, the tutor comprising;a body defining a main planar surface and at least one orifice extending through the body substantially perpendicular to the main planar surface, each orifice for receiving a respective one of the pins;a head articulated to the body and defining a main planar surface orientable substantially parallel to the main planar surface of the body, the head further defining at least one orifice extending therethrough at an angle oblique to the main planar surface of the head, each orifice for receiving a respective one of the pins; anda plurality of threaded orifices extending laterally into the body and head, each threaded orifice communicating with a respective one of the orifices; anda plurality of screws threadable into the threaded orifices so that when the respective one of the pins is inserted into the respective one of the orifices, a respective one of the screws may be threaded into a respective one of the threaded orifices to fix the respective one of the pins relative to the respective one of the orifices.