Patent ID: 7806843

Claim:
A fixator assembly structured for placement adjacent an ankle area of a foot of the body, said fixator assembly comprising: a support assembly disposed adjacent the ankle area and structured to support at least one transfixion member in operative engagement with a predetermined portion of the ankle area, said support assembly including at least one base segment and at least one elongated contoured segment connected to said base segment, the one transfixion member connected to said one contoured segment and said contoured segment including a contoured portion disposed along an extending transversely outward from the length of said one contoured segment and along the length of the ankle area, said contoured portion comprising an angular, outwardly protruding, convergent configuration at least partially defined by an apex representing the maximum outward extension of said contoured portion, and said one contoured segment and said contoured portion extending along one lateral side of the foot, said one contoured segment and said contoured portion disposed and structured to dispose the at least one transfixion member at any one of a plurality of different orientations along the one lateral side of the foot relative to the ankle area.