Patent ID: 8182483

Claim:
An orthopedic device for the correction of deformations in long bones to be associated with the outside of a bone, comprising a support rail, adapted to extend along a given central longitudinal axis, at least two clamps mounted slidably along the central longitudinal axis on the support rail and supporting endosseous screws insertable into the bone, and a distractor/compressor device removably attachable to the two clamps by means of respective connection pins inserted into the corresponding holes of each clamp, wherein each clamp comprises a clamp body having a base or lower jaw, and a lid, or upper jaw, as well as two clamping screws for fixing the upper jaw to the lower jaw, at least one of said two clamps comprises two holes to receive one of the connection pins of the distractor/compressor device, the two holes are aligned along a longitudinal line that extends substantially parallel to the central longitudinal axis, and the remaining clamp comprises at least one hole to receive the other connection pin of the distractor compressor device, the at least one hole being aligned with the same longitudinal line.