摘要 |
<p>A bone clamp permits temporary securement of adjacent bone segments of an involved bone separated by a fracture following open reduction thereof. A pair of jaw members opposed to one another are mutually urgeable together, each of the pair of jaw members including gripping structure carried on a support for fixedly engaging the abutted segments of the involved bone, the fracture being oriented within an intermediate region located between said opposed ends of the support. In an embodiment directed to non-dynamic compression of the fracture, the gripping structure either fictionally engages the surface of the bone, or penetrates perpendicular to a longitudinal bone axis. An alternative embodiment is directed to a dynamic compression clamp, in which the gripping structure includes piercing structure which enters respective bone segments at an opposed angle to the fracture, and in which penetrating movement of the piercing structure thereby effects an urging together of the bone segments in a direction of the fracture line. Such temporary securement permits subsequent repair of the fracture by a desired fixation process. <IMAGE></p> |