COMPRESSION BRACE

摘要

A surgical device for pressing and retaining adjacent bones against one another comprising a compression brace and separate fasteners. The compression brace has at least two fastener retaining portions. Each fastener retaining portion has a fastener hole therethrough for receiving a fastener, such as a screw or pin. A pair of bridge members are positioned between the fastener retaining portions, and are spaced apart from one another to form a compression opening. The compression bracket can include a plurality of fastener retaining portions and a plurality of compression openings. In some embodiments, the fasteners are maintained in a substantially fixed relation with the fastener retaining portion. The brace is installed on adjacent bones such that a fastener engages each bone. The compression opening is spread apart to draw the fasteners toward one another, and thereby compress the adjacent bones together.

主权项

1. A compression brace, comprising:
a first fastener retainer portion defining a first fastener opening; a second fastener retainer portion defining a second fastener opening, wherein the first and second fastener retainers are annular in shape; first and second bridge members disposed between and coupled to the first and second fastener retainer portions, wherein the bridge members are spaced apart to define a compression opening therebetween, and wherein the first and second bridge members are deformable to adjust a distance between the first fastener retainer portion and the second fastener retainer portion.