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Timestamp: 2019-12-10 02:44:41
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 06849239', 'Application No. 08756154', 'Application No. 2008', 'Application No. 2006334522', 'Application No. 06829239', 'Application No. 2008', 'Application No. 2008', 'Application No. 2008', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 2008260279']

US10376287B2 - Hip distraction - Google Patents
US10376287B2
US10376287B2 US15/335,801 US201615335801A US10376287B2 US 10376287 B2 US10376287 B2 US 10376287B2 US 201615335801 A US201615335801 A US 201615335801A US 10376287 B2 US10376287 B2 US 10376287B2
US15/335,801
US20170042581A1 (en
II Edward J. Daley
Paul J. Skavicus
2016-10-27 Priority to US15/335,801 priority patent/US10376287B2/en
2016-10-27 Application filed by Smith and Nephew Inc, Allen Medical Systems Inc filed Critical Smith and Nephew Inc
2017-02-16 Publication of US20170042581A1 publication Critical patent/US20170042581A1/en
2017-05-30 Assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. reassignment SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: TORRIE, PAUL ALEXANDER
2017-05-30 Assigned to ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. reassignment ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: DALEY, EDWARD J., SKAVICUS, PAUL J.
2019-08-13 Publication of US10376287B2 publication Critical patent/US10376287B2/en
210000001624 Hip Anatomy 0 abstract claims description title 30
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/084,939, filed Apr. 12, 2011, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,480,614, issued Nov. 1, 2016, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/754,853, filed May 29, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,947,006, issued May 24, 2011, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/289,705, filed Nov. 30, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,832,401, issued Nov. 16, 2010. The contents of the prior applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
Referring to FIG. 5, a distractor assembly 100 includes a distraction member, for example, a longitudinal spar 102 having a D-shaped cross-section, a lockable ball joint 104 (available from Allen Medical of Acton, Mass. and as seen in Allen Medical's Ultrafin stirrup products) attached to the proximal (pelvis) end 106 of the spar, a coupler 108 attached to the ball joint 104 for coupling the distractor assembly 100 to an operating room table, a slider 110 slidably mounted on the spar 102, and a leg mount, for example, foot mount 112, attached to slider 110 via a lockable ball joint 114 and a rigid, stationary arm 116. The ball joint 104 can be locked and unlocked by actuating only a knob 118 located at the distal (foot) end 120 of the spar 102, thus allowing for the assembly to be unlocked and repositioned without need to access the draped pelvis/thigh region.
a pair of distractor assemblies; and
each of the assemblies including a corresponding joint of a corresponding one of the pair of assemblies, a first of the joints for coupling the first joint's corresponding assembly to the support and a second of the joints for coupling the second joint's corresponding assembly to the same support, wherein the support includes at least two mounts for detachably coupling to the joints, each of the joints having a coupler and two arms received by the coupler, the two arms being located between the coupler and another portion of the assembly that extends from the joint toward a foot end of the assembly, each of the joints permitting vertical and horizontal angular adjustment of the joint's corresponding assembly;
each of the assemblies including a mechanism for locking the corresponding joint, wherein the corresponding joint is lockable in flexion/extension and abduction/adduction, and an actuator for the mechanism located remote from the corresponding joint;
each of the assemblies including a leg mount coupled to the distractor assembly for movement relative to the distractor assembly by both sliding and threaded engagement.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each joint permits vertical angular adjustment of greater than twenty degrees from horizontal, and a total range of horizontal angular adjustment of greater than twenty degrees.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each joint permits vertical angular adjustment of greater than forty-five degrees from horizontal, and a total range of horizontal angular adjustment of greater than forty-five degrees.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one joint is a ball joint.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one joint is a universal joint.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of the actuators is a single actuator located distal of a foot of the patient when a distraction load is applied, the joint being lockable and unlockable by manipulation of only the corresponding single actuator.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the support is configured to extend across the surgical table.
9. An apparatus for use in hip surgery, comprising:
an operative leg assembly;
a non-operative leg assembly; and
the operative leg assembly including a joint for coupling the operative leg assembly to the support, the joint permitting vertical and horizontal angular adjustment of the operative leg assembly;
the non-operative leg assembly including a joint for coupling the non-operative leg assembly to the same support;
the support includes at least two mounts for detachably coupling to the joints; and
the operative leg assembly including a leg mount coupled to the operative leg assembly for movement by both sliding and threaded engagement to apply a distraction load to a patient's operative leg.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the operative leg assembly includes a mechanism for locking the operative leg assembly joint, wherein the joint is lockable in flexion/extension and abduction/adduction.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 further comprising an actuator for the mechanism located remote from the operative leg assembly joint.
12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the operative leg assembly joint includes a coupler and two arms received by the coupler, the two arms being located between the coupler and another portion of the operative leg assembly that extends from the joint toward a foot end of the operative leg assembly.
13. A method of hip distraction, comprising:
fastening a support to a surgical table;
attaching a pair of distractor assemblies to the support;
coupling a patient's legs to the pair of distractor assemblies, each of the distractor assemblies having a joint for coupling the corresponding assembly to the surgical table, each of the joints having a coupler and two arms received by the coupler, the two arms being located between the coupler and another portion of the assembly that extends from the joint toward a foot end of the assembly;
manipulating at least one of the joints to simultaneously adjust the vertical angle and the horizontal angle of the corresponding distractor assembly by manipulating only a single actuator distal of a foot of the corresponding leg, adjusting the vertical angle includes rotating the distractor assembly greater than twenty degrees from horizontal, and adjusting the horizontal angle includes rotating the distractor assembly greater than twenty degrees;
remotely locking the vertical angle and the horizontal angle of the at least one of the distractor assemblies by manipulating only the single actuator; and
14. An apparatus for use in hip surgery, comprising:
a pair of joints, a first of the pair of joints configured to couple a first of the pair of distractor members to the left mount of the support and a second of the pair of joints configured to couple a second of the pair of distractor members to the right mount of the same support;
a first leg mount coupled to one of the distractor members for movement relative to the one of the distractor members by both sliding and threaded engagement;
a second leg mount coupled to the other of the distractor members for movement relative to the other of the distractor members by both sliding and threaded engagement; and
each distractor member including an actuator for limiting joint motion located remote from the joint, each of the pair of joints being lockable in flexion/extension and abduction/adduction.
coupling a patient's legs to a pair of distractor assemblies attached to a surgical table, each of the distractor assemblies having a joint for coupling the corresponding assembly to the surgical table, each of the joints having a coupler and two arms received by the coupler, the two arms being located between the coupler and another portion of the assembly that extends from the joint toward a foot end of the assembly;
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