Patent ID: 8251937

Claim:
A fixator assembly structured for use adjacent the ankle area of the body, said fixator assembly comprising: a support 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 including a base segment and two elongated contoured segments extending from said base segment, each of said contoured segments including a contoured portion, each of said contoured portions comprising elongated, spaced apart leg members and a bridge member disposed in interconnecting relation to said leg members, 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, 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, and said bridge member and said outer surfaces thereof being at least partially angularly inclined relative to the length of the contoured segment.