Patent ID: 7887498

Claim:
A fixator assembly structured for use adjacent the ankle area 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 a base segment and two elongated contoured segments connected to said base segment, each of said contoured segments including a contoured portion disposed along and extending transversely outward from a corresponding one of said contoured segments and along the length of the ankle area, each of said contoured portions comprising elongated, spaced apart leg members and a bridge member disposed in interconnecting relation to said leg members, said bridge member and each of said leg members comprising a flat substantially planar outer surface extending along a respective length thereof, each of said contoured portions structured to connect at least one transfixion member at any one of a plurality of spaced apart locations along a length of the contoured portion, and each of said contoured portions structured and configured to connect the at least one transfixion member in a transversely inward orientation and into engagement with the ankle area from any one of a plurality of locations along the length of the corresponding contoured portion.