Patent ID: 7169149

Claim:
An external fixation device for the fixation of a proximal fracture of an ulna within a patient, wherein said external fixation device includes: a frame including an elongated distal portion, having an inner surface facing upward, and a proximal portion extending rearward and upward from said distal portion, having an inner surface facing upward and forward; a plurality of shaft attachment pins for attachment within a shaft portion of said fractured bone; a plurality of shaft attachment pin clamps extending along said elongated distal portion, wherein said shaft attachment pin clamps clamp said shaft attachment pins within said elongated distal portion to extend upward from said elongated distal portion; a plurality of fragment attachment pins for attachment within fragments of said fractured bone; a plurality of fragment attachment pin clamps extending along said proximal portion, wherein said fragment attachment pin clamps clamp said fragment attachment pins within said proximal portion to extend upward from said proximal portion; a medullar pin for attachment within a medullar channel of said fractured bone; and a medullar pin clamp disposed within an upper end of said proximal portion, wherein said medullar pin clamp clamps said medullar pin within said upper end of said proximal portion to extend above said elongated distal portion.