Patent ID: 9107716
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A maxillo-mandibular fixation kit comprising: a first bone fixation body including a first plurality of interconnected links adjacent to each other along a respective first longitudinal direction between opposed first and second ends of the first bone fixation body, the first plurality of links defining a plurality of crests and an opposed plurality of valleys configured so that the first bone fixation body has an undulating shape, the first bone fixation body including 1) a first plurality of bone attachment locations, each of the first plurality of bone attachment locations defined at a respective one of the first plurality of valleys, and 2) a first plurality of securement locations, each of the first plurality of securement locations defined at a respective one of the first plurality of crests, wherein the links of the first plurality of links are flexible in the longitudinal direction such that a length of the first bone fixation body defined from the first end to the second end is adjustable along the longitudinal direction; and a second bone fixation body including a second plurality of interconnected links extending in a respective second longitudinal direction between opposed first and second ends of the second bone fixation body, the second plurality of links defining a plurality of crests, a plurality of valleys, a second plurality of bone attachment locations, and a second plurality of securement locations, wherein the links of the second plurality of links are flexible in the second longitudinal direction; wherein the first and second pluralities of securement locations are configured to engage with a securement device that fixes the first bone fixation body with respect to the second bone fixation body.