Patent ID: 6840939

Claim:
An axial unilateral external fixator for stabilizing bone fractures, comprising; an extoadibic rod-like middle body; oppositely located bone screw clamps which are articulated to respective ends of the rod-like middle body by means of ball joints; and an ancillary member removably associated with a free end of a clamp to allow the connection to another fixator or bone fixing screws wherein each of said bone screw clamps comprises a main body with which a clamping arrangement for bone screws is associated, wherein a ball-and-socket joint is mounted to each clamp, within a said main body; and wherein the ball-and-socket joint comprises a cylindrical socket formed in the main body of each bone screw clamp, and a ball head lodged in the cylindrical socket and having a shank removably inserted in a corresponding socket at the end of the rod-like middle body.