| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connection rod generally related to a field of external fixation and more specifically having articulatable joints for attachment to rings or other external supports of a fixation device.SOLUTION: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of an external fixation connection rod having articulatable joints that can be attached to external supports, such as rings. In some embodiments, the fixation connection rod includes a telescopic rod and connecting mechanisms for coupling the joints of the external fixation connection rod to the external supports, and the connecting mechanisms substantially lock the orientation of the joints. In some other embodiments, the external fixation connection rod includes a housing having parallel axial bores defined therethrough and sleeves slidably disposed in the axial bores. In addition, in the present disclosure, methods of maintaining the orientation of first and second fixator rings for immobilizing bone segments, are included. |
