Device for securing bone parts after osteotomy, or for reducing a bone fracture and securing the fractured bone parts, once these parts have been brought together
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Aug 25, 1998
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Feb 10, 1997
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Jul 28, 1995
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According to the invention, this device comprises: a grapnel-shaped element (6) comprising a central rod (6a) which is semi-rigid, that is to say exhibits a relative flexibility perpendicular to its longitudinal axis, capable of passing through the bone parts (2, 2a) to be secured, this rod (6a) being continued at one end via at least two branches (6b) which are curved through substantially 180 degrees and whose free ends are sharp-pointed, and the rod comprising, at its other end, a ring (6c) for pulling the grapnel-shaped element (6) through the bone parts (2, 2a) to be secured; a lock washer (8), and a metal sleeve (9) capable of being engaged on the rod (6a), until it comes into abutment against the lock washer (8), and of being crimped on the rod (6a) after the bone parts to be secured have been brought together and the grapnel-shaped element (6) has been tensioned.
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